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• Comment Link Κυριακή, 19 Ιανουαρίου 2025 13:24 posted by imba96

  Mobs set fire to two churches in sectarian clashes that kill 12 in Cairo - after
  rumours that a Christian woman married a Muslim
  
  By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
  Updated: 17:26 GMT, 14 May 2011
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Muslim mobs set two churches on fire in Cairo during sectarian clashes
  that left 12 dead and more than 200 injured last night.
  
  
  The deepening religious violence in Egypt added news
  tensions to an already chaotic and lawless transition to democracy.
  
  
  
  Military authorities arrested 190 people, immediately sending them to military prosecutions and threatening the maximum penalty against anyone attacking houses of worship.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Ablaze: Firemen fight a fire at a church surrounded by angry Muslims
  in the Imbaba neighborhood in Cairo last night
  
  
  
  Mob: Firemen fight the church fire surrounded by a crowd of angry Muslims
  
  
  
  It was the military's toughest response yet to a series of violent clashes between the two religious groups.
  
  
  Mobs of ultraconservative Muslims attacked the St.
  Menas church in the Cairo slum of Imbaba late Saturday following rumors that a Christian woman married to a
  Muslim man had been abducted.
  
  Local residents said a separate mob of youths armed with knives and
  machetes attacked the Virgin Mary church several blocks away with firebombs.
  
  
  'People were scared to come near them,' said local resident Adel Mohammed,
  29, who lives near the Virgin Mary Church. 'They looked scary.
  They threw their firebombs at the church and set parts of it ablaze.'
  
  
  
  
  
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  During Egypt's 18-day uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak
  several months ago, there was a rare spirit of brotherhood
  between Muslims and Christians. Each group protected the other during
  prayer sessions in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of
  the revolution.
  
  But in the months that followed the toppling of Mubarak on Feb.
  11, there has been a sharp rise in sectarian tensions, fueled in part by newly active
  ultraconservative Muslim movement, known as the Salafis.
  
  
  The once quiescent Salafis have become more assertive post-revolution in trying to spread their ultraconservative version of an Islamic way of life.
  In particular, they have focused their wrath on Egypt's
  Christians, who make up 10 percent of the country's 80 million people.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Set alight: Christians look at a church which was set
  on fire during clashes between Muslims and Christians in the heavily populated area of Imbaba in Cairo last
  night
  
  
  
  Fighting: Egyptians gather next to a building belonging to Christians that was set on fire during clashes
  between Muslims and Christians in the Imbaba neighborhood of Cairo
  
  On Friday, a few hundred Salafis marched through Cairo celebrating
  al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and condemning the U.S.
  operation that killed him.
  
  Egypt's state news agency said of those killed, at least six Muslims and at least three Christians
  were among those killed. The body of one Christian was found inside the St.
  Menas church, the agency said. The Health Ministry said
  12 had died and more than 230 were injured, at least
  11 of them critically.
  
  The clashes were set off Saturday around sundown when word spread around the low-income neighborhood of Imbaba that a Christian woman who married a
  Muslim was abducted and is being kept in the church against her will.
  
  
  The report, which was never confirmed by local religious figures, sent a large mob of Muslims toward the St.
  Menas church. Christians created a human barricade around the
  church and clashes erupted. Gunfire sounded across the
  neighborhood, and witnesses said people on rooftops nearby were firing into the crowd.
  
  
  Muslims alleged the Christians opened fire first. Then crowds of hundreds of Muslims from the neighborhood, in many parts instigated by the local ultraconservative
  Salafi sheiks, converged on the area. They lobbed firebombs at homes and shops and also at St.
  Menas church, setting its facade on fire.
  
  
  Residents say Christians were hiding inside. Muslims were chanting:
  "With our blood and soul, we defend you Islam."
  
  The army and police tried to break up the crowd by firing tear gas, but failed to clear the streets.
  Troops surrounded the church after the fire was put out.
  
  
  Later the same night, witnesses said a separate Muslim mob, mostly
  youths armed with machetes and knives, moved to the Virgin Mary
  church nearby and also set it on fire.
  
  
  
  
  Anger: A Christian shouts at Egypt's Interior Minister Mansour el-Essawy in front
  of a church which was set on fire during the
  clashes
  
  
  
  Tensions: Egyptians gather next to a building belonging to Christians that was set on fire during clashes
  
  The mob then dispersed to side streets, and local residents, including the neighborhood's Muslims, tried to put out the fire.
  At one point, they attempted to get into the closed mosque opposite the church to get water.
  
  But the youthful mob armed with knives blocked Mohammed and others in his group.
  
  
  'They told us keep the mosque out of it," said Mohammed, who lives near the church. "They were
  thugs. The way they talk, they have no religious or political views.'
  
  He said the firefighters and security arrived on the scene more than an hour later.
  
  
  In the early hours of Sunday morning, angry residents stormed a six-story building near the St.
  
  Menas, saying Christians used it to shoot at Muslims.
  
  'They were shooting from the roof, and they killed Muslims," said 18-year old Yehia Ramadan. "We won't stand by idle.'
  
  Flames were coming out of windows, and furniture were strewn along the
  sidewalks. The building appeared to be empty, but it was
  not clear when its residents fled.
  
  Islamic clerics denounced the violence, sounding alarm bells at the
  escalating tension during the transitional period.
  
  
  'These events do not benefit either Muslim or Copts,
  ' Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the Sheik of al-Azhar told the daily Al-Ahram.
  
  
  In the deadliest violence since Mubarak's ouster, 13 were killed in pitched street
  battles in March after Muslims torched a church. That
  violence was also triggered by rumors of a love affair between a Muslim woman and
  a Christian man.
  
  A New Year's Eve suicide bombing outside a Coptic church in the port city of Alexandria killed 21 people, setting off
  days of protests. Egypt made some arrests but never charged anyone with the attack.
  
  
  
  
  Burnt-out: Christians look at the church which was
  set on fire
  
  
  
  Vigilant: An Egyptian army guard stands outside the church that was attacked
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