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"Sectarian divide" or religious bigotry? "Egypt Christian killed in clashes with Muslims," from AFP, October 4:
MINYA, Egypt (AFP) — A Coptic Christian was killed by a stray bullet during an overnight gunfight between Christians and Muslims in a town in southern Egypt, a security official said on Saturday.Of course, Egyptian "officials" (predominantly if not all Muslim) have a long history of being less than honest when it comes to why Muslims and Christians quarrel -- such as in the Abu Fana monastery raid, which officials insisted was also prompted over land and property (yet, oddly, the Muslim raiders spend a good deal of time denigrating Christianity, including trying to force monks to convert to Islam and spit on the cross).A Christian and a Muslim were also wounded in the shooting, which took place in Al-Tayeba, near Minya, some 230 kilometres (140 miles) south of Cairo.
The dead man was identified as Yeshua Gamal Nashed, 28.
The cause of the violence was unclear, but the official said it appeared to be linked to reports that a Christian woman in the village was selling a property to a Muslim.
Al-Tayeba, 75 percent of whose 30,000 residents are Christian, has been cordoned off and several arrests have been made, the official said.How ironic: even in those few regions in Egypt where Copts outnumber Muslims, during "sectarian clashes," it's still the Copts who die.
Egypt's Copts -- the largest Christian community in the Middle East -- account for an estimated six to 10 percent of the country's 80 million inhabitants.
Posted by Raymond at October 4, 2008 8:13 AM
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Muslims will keep killing and killing and killing because their blood thirsty demands and commands them to. It commands them to rule the world and establish Sharia and Islam and hate the non Muslims.
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at October 4, 2008 8:32 AM
We already know that muslims need little or no provocation to go on a rampage...Why is this any different?
Wherever one or more muslims congregate
Allah is with them...and his presence always means trouble...
at October 4, 2008 11:30 AM
Donate to the U.S. Copts Association:
Unfortunately, they probably do not supply arms like some Muslim charities.
Posted by: Concerned Citizen at October 4, 2008 12:54 PM
We already know that muslims need little or no provocation to go on a rampage.
True. They just need the slightest incitement from (arms straight out, dead-cow-cult-member-zombie eyes) their leader, which in Egypt they receive every Friday afternoon at the sleeper cell right after they're done supporting the Taliban, raping the little boys, and drinking halal Israeli blood.
Posted by: jdamn at October 5, 2008 10:58 AM
That is a very suggestive photograph. Think Al Qaeda will attack those provocative domes like they did certain produce vendors?
at October 5, 2008 11:55 AM
Killed by a "stray bullet." Right. FYI, 9 out of 10 bullets are not "stray" but rather "precise" and "intentional."
at October 6, 2008 4:46 AM
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