Christian protests starting in the southern city of Luxor were quelled by the governor, but riots broke out in the capital city of Cairo today, leaving at least 23 people dead and another 160 wounded as military forces moved against Coptic Christians.
The protests began over the destruction of a church is Aswan, which was destroyed when the governor declared it to be illegally built. The move fueled anger among the nation’s Christian minority, which has long been convinced that the junta is persecuting them.
That was when demonstrators marched on a Cairo TV station, a move which the junta answered by driving military vehicles into the crowd, crushing several people and sparking a full-fledged riot.
The state media has since broadcast demands urging “honest Egyptians” in Cairo to take to the streets and save the junta from the Christians, which by evening led to gangs of Islamists taking to the streets chanting “the people want to bring down the Christians.“
Too much wealth disparity in Egypt, too many middle-class with wealth backing the military.
Coptic Christians have suffered persecution for centuries.
The poor, poor Christians. They're soooooooooooooo persecuted.
In most of the world they are. But that doesn't play into your bigotry does it?
The military junta, our beloved friends, attacking and killing Christians, burning their church? You see, this proves our leaders are not anti-Muslim, they are just sick.
Ok, here we go.
Problems? Want to stay in power? Find an enemy.
This "spring" is getting wintry really quickly.
This is a sign how the minorties wants to over rule majority as till now they have enjoyed under Hussnie Mubarek and now it is difficult.
Minorities in every Islamic countries are previleged and dominate majority.
The outburst of violence should not come as a shock. While US media was enthralled with "Arab Spring," they ignored the potential for sectarian clashes. Our invasion of Iraq toppled Saddam's secular government for sectarianism, the Iraqi Christians paid with their lives and property fleeing to Syria for refugee. Now we our backing the Saudis in their efforts to overthrow another secular government in Damascus. This is the same country that gave us 9-11 and al-Qaeda. The fall of the secular Syrian regime will also lead to sectarian violence. US Mideast policy hasn't got anything right in sixty years.
Mr. President.., and primeministers.., your.., US and EU policy in implementing democracy in Arab world has failed.., but you have managed to divide people by all means using terrorist groups affiliated with Muslims brotherhood and others.., please give back the peace prize and close the US democratic party.., because the frist principal in democracy is uniting people not dividing them.., second: although democracy is a universal concept and a open ended philosophy but you can not through everything at it hoping for democracy to work.., I am saying that because there is no democracy in Saudi Arabia nor such matter exist in UAE; therefor, the american and EU cooperations in implementing democracy hase become a falsified argument in implementing a functioning democracy based on the democratc principals has failed.., to widen the argument there is no democracy coming out of US nor EU present democracy in regard to US – EU social problems.., by that I mean the creation of jobs and all other related social economic problems. wars and etc.., so close the US democratic party to start with and give back the nobel prize.
Let us all chant, Diversity is our strength………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
My Azz!
please check clearly before writing any article as this article is biased as there were no involvement from any moslem groups as you claimed and also the christian attacked the military personnels with stones, knives and firearms. It was a pure christian march accompanied with some moslem sympathisers. At least try to be honest in publishing or you will loose your credibility as a site seeking peace and harmony, Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Antiwar. com is lying about what happened in Egypt which they could confirm with some independent eyewitnesses. People in egpt are saying the soldiers did not have bullets , and that the dead were killed by criminal gangs which infiltrateed the counter protest to the Christian, pro-western , agitation., thereby discrediting the opposition to the colonial fifth column, while stoking the call for intervention, aka same MO as syria-libya.
Like syria, this is an Israeli terrorist operation inside another arab country, and the Army in egypt knows it. But if they acknowledge it as such, it means Israel has committed an act of war on a sovereign nation for which it has signed a peace treaty.
They will keep it quiet to avoid another waqr,.but Israel will continue to press further.It wont he a happy ending.
Isn't this, essentially, what Mubarak used to do (with a little help from his Mossad friends), in order to cause religious strife and chaos?
What you're saying is retarded. You can't even make up your mind if it is the criminal gangs' fault or the Israelis'. Or is it criminal gangs in the pay of Israelis? Stop making a fool of yourself, own up to you misdeeds instead. A lack of tolerance for Copts isn't the fault of Israelis, it's just laughable to think Israel has that kind of influence in Egypt and with Egyptian Islamists of all people.
Born-again Christian Barack Obama: Power to the people, right? Don't forget your multi-billion-dollar aid package to the Egyptian Army.