Egypt promises justice after Copts and Muslims clash in Cairo

[Peter]

As if anyone in this forum had doubts about Egypt's future since 90% of it's citizens are antichrists.

Egypt promises justice after Copts and Muslims clash in Cairo

Fighting broke out over false rumours that a Christian woman was being prevented from converting to Islam

Egypt's transitional government moved quickly to defuse tensions after Muslim-Christian clashes in Cairo left 12 dead and cast a cloud over hopes for peaceful post-revolutionary change.

Angry demonstrations erupted in the capital after a Coptic church in the Imbaba neighbourhood was burned down on Saturday night. Military police separated opposing camps at one protest reminiscent of the dramatic events that overthrew the regime in February.

Fighting broke out over rumours, which turned out to be false, that a Christian woman was being held inside a church and prevented from converting to Islam.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/08/egypt-copts-muslims-clash-cairo

[Peter]

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150409#.Tt0Wj3pbXtQ

Egyptian Christians an Endangered Species


The big losers in Egypt’s first round of elections are Christians, who fear for their survival in a radical Islamic-controlled country.

The Coptic Church, which generally steers clear of politics, instructed its followers to vote for liberal and leftist parties backed by a Christian tycoon, the Associated Press reported.

Fears for their future shoved the Christians en masse into the voting lines last week in the first round of parliamentary elections, which the Muslim Brotherhood and the even more radical Salafi Islamic parties won 60 percent of the ballots.

"We are voting for liberal parties as a means of survival," Farid George told the news agency. "Egypt is our country. My kids were raised here and I will die here."

If he does die in Egypt, the question is whether he will expire in a natural death. Muslim fundamentalists already have killed dozens of Copts in recent years.

Christians resided in Egypt before the founding of Islam in the 7th century, and they comprise 10 percent of Egypt’s population. Many are preparing to leave, especially since the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak earlier this year.

Pastor Al-Qis Baki Sadaqa, head of an Anglican Church told the Associated Press, "It's not only Christians who are in danger, but moderate Muslims.”