Shops and Homes of Coptic Christians Ransacked and Set on Fire in Sectarian Attacks in the Village of al Barsha

Agenzia Fides ^ | 11/27/20

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Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The village of al Barsha, in the Egyptian governorate of Minya, was again, on Thursday 26 November, the scene of sectarian attacks perpetrated against members of the local Coptic Orthodox community. Groups close to Islamist groups, attacked the church and some Coptic houses and shops with stones and molotov cocktails. Some of the shops attacked were also ransacked. An elderly Coptic woman was hospitalized for burns suffered in the fire in her home.

The attacks allegedly began after a young Coptic posted an article on his Facebook account considered offensive to Islam and the Prophet Mohammad. The intervention of the police force to restore calm led to the arrest of a hundred people including 35 Copts.

General Osama Al Qadi, Governor of the Minya Province, immediately called a meeting with a delegation of notables from the village and region to find a timely solution to the crisis and put an end to the sectarian attacks. The meeting, held in a school in the city of Mallawi, was also attended by representatives of the Committee for Reconciliation and Religious Endowments, the University of al Azhar and the Coptic Church and the House of the Egyptian Family, an interreligious liaison body activated a few years ago to prevent or mitigate sectarian controversies.

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Islamic terrorists. Again.

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