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Egypt: Muslim mob of 3,000 led by clerics torches Shia homes, murders four Shias

Jun 24, 2013 5:54 am By Robert Spencer

This comes “after weeks of incitement by Salafist preachers,” who accused the Shi’ites of being infidels. But remember, it only becomes “hatred” when non-Muslims report on that clerical incitement.

What is most interesting about this is that supposedly learned commentators are ascribing it to the rising Sunni-Shi’ite tensions over Syria, and characterizing it as a purely political matter. While it is certainly true that this probably wouldn’t have happened if Sunnis and Shias weren’t confronting each other in Syria, note that Syria is mentioned only in passing in this report. Instead, the conflict was framed in wholly religious terms. But the influence of the Islamic religion in conflicts such as this one is the one thing that Western analysts are forbidden (on pain of charges of “Islamophobia”) to study.

Sunni-Shi’ite Jihad Update: “Angry mob kills at least 4 Shias in Giza village including leader,” by Zeinab El Gundy for Ahram Online, June 23 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):

An angry mob led by Salafist sheikhs torched and attacked houses of Shias in the small village of Zawyat Abu Muslam in Giza governorate Sunday afternoon, killing four citizens including a prominent shia figure.

Not less than 3000 angry locals attacked houses of Shias in the village Sunday afternoon after weeks of incitement by Salafist preachers, according to eyewitnesses.

Five houses were set on fire during the attack. Police are evacuating the rest of Shiite homes in the village.

“For three weeks the Salafist sheikhs in the village have been attacking the Shias and accusing them of being infidels and spreading debauchery,” Hazem Barakat, an eyewitness and photojournalist, told Ahram Online.

Barakat, who reported the incident live on Twitter, took photos and videos showing one of the Shias began dragged in the street after being beaten. “I saw several Shias stabbed several times while they were being dragged in some sort of public lynching,” said Barakat.

At least four have been killed according to the head of the Giza security directorate. According to eyewitnesses, there are not less than 30 badly injured Shias who have been transferred to hospital.

The death toll included 66-year-old Hassan Shehata, a prominent Shia figure who was jailed twice under former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak for “contempt of religion.”

The police force came late according to eyewitnesses and did nothing to stop the attack and public lynching. “They were just watching the public lynching like anyone else and did not stop anything,” said Barakat.

“We hold President Morsi responsible for this attack,” said Bahaa Anwar, a Shia activist. “There are not less than three million Egyptian Shiias who live in Egypt and last Saturday during the Syria solidarity conference attended by Morsi in the Cairo Stadium, Salafist sheikhs insulted Shias and incited hate against those Egyptian Shia citizens,” said Anwar, adding that President Morsi did not refute these insults and incitement, though he claims to represent all Egyptians.

The outspoken Shia activist told Ahram Online that there are not less than 40 Shia families in Zawyat Abu Muslam village. “Some of the families managed to leave while there are families who are still besieged in the village.”

Anwar said that Shehata was visiting one of the Shia families in the village when the attack happened.

Salafist Islamist TV host Khaled Abdullah claimed that Hassan Shehata was attacked because he insulted the Prophet Mohamed’s relatives, blaming Al-Azhar for being silent on Shias in Egypt hours after the attack on Al-Nas TV channel.

Several Salafist and conservative Facebook pages, like “The Muslim Coalition to Defend the Prophet’s Family and Companions,” also bragged of the murder of the Shias, claiming that that was just the beginning of ending Shiism in Egypt.

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