Egypt's Copts warn of surging violence as houses torched
Egypt’s Coptic Christian community has long faced sectarian violence and attacks by ISIS and other groups.
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Egypt’s Coptic Christian community has long faced sectarian violence and attacks by ISIS and other groups.
Angry residents torched Coptic Christians' homes last Tuesday in Egypt's southern Minya governorate over rumors that a church building was to be constructed there.
Houses belonging to local Christians were set on fire late on April 23 in Egypt's southern Minya province, the most recent of similar acts of sectarian violence against the country's religious minority.
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Three days after Coptic Christians in southern Minya Governorate were attacked over “rumors” of plans for a new church, Muslim extremists upset over a permit to construct a church building on Friday (April 26) attacked Copts in another village.