sectarian clashes

Video shows angry mob stripping Christian women
Egypt

Video shows angry mob stripping Christian women

A disturbing video uploaded to YouTube on Tuesday shows what appears to be an angry Muslim crowd in Upper Egypt…
Presidency statement blames Copts for clashes
Egypt

Presidency statement blames Copts for clashes

The Egyptian presidency on Tuesday blamed Coptic youths for starting fights outside St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral with residents of…
March to cathedral planned as second victim ID’d
Egypt

March to cathedral planned as second victim ID’d

A Cairo Security Directorate source said Mondays that the second person killed during clashes around St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral…
Morsy reactivates council for justice and equality
Egypt

Morsy reactivates council for justice and equality

In light of another outbreak of violence in Egypt’s streets, President Mohamed Morsy has reactivated the National Council for Justice…
Update: Clashes resume at Abbasseya cathedral after attack
Egypt

Update: Clashes resume at Abbasseya cathedral after attack

Coptic Pope Tawadros II called for calm among all parties to preserve the nation’s safety, Egyptians’ lives and national unity…
Priest: Khosous clashes caused by family feud, incitement
Egypt

Priest: Khosous clashes caused by family feud, incitement

Priest Suriel of the Mar Girgis Church in Khosous has said the sectarian clashes that have rocked the Qalyubiya Governorate…
Neighbors at war: A month after Christian families fled Dahshur, tensions remain
Egypt

Neighbors at war: A month after Christian families fled Dahshur, tensions remain

DAHSHUR — It could be a Delta village like any other. Tuk tuks, more numerous than cars, drive down rutted…
No ethnic violence here, claims Myanmar
Egypt

No ethnic violence here, claims Myanmar

  The Myanmar Embassy in Cairo claims there has not been any hate-related violence perpetrated against its Muslim citizens, denying…
Calling for all Copts, NGOs form coordinating body outside church auspices
Egypt

Calling for all Copts, NGOs form coordinating body outside church auspices

  Spurred by what they see as an increasing tide of Islamization lead by the Muslim Brotherhood, 13 Coptic civil…
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