News:Islamists Attack ChristianChurches Upto 40 Were looted and burnt

Date: 19-08-2013 8:39 am (11 years ago) | Author: Naija Eye
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After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like"prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school were segxwally harassed and abused asthey fought their way through amob. In the four days since security forces cleared two sit-incamps by supporters of Egypt's ousted president, Islamists have attacked dozens of Coptic churches along with homes andbusinesses owned by the Christian minority. The campaign of intimidation appears to be a warning to Christians outside Cairo to standdown from political activism. Christians have long suffered from discrimination and violence in Muslim majority Egypt, where they make up 10 percent of the population of 90 million. Attacks increased after the Islamists rose to power in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring uprising that drove HosniMubarak from power, emboldening extremists. But Christians have come further under fire since President Mohammed Morsi was ousted on July 3, sparking a wave of Islamist anger led by Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood. Nearly 40 churches have been looted and torched, while 23 others have been attacked and heavily damaged since Wednesday, when chaos erupted after Egypt's military-backed interim administration moved in to cleartwo camps packed with protesters calling for Morsi's reinstatement, killingscores of protesters and sparking deadly clashes nationwide.
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