Before Egypt’s President Muhammad Morsi was ousted, April was one of the worst months for Christian Copts there. On April 5 near Cairo, a longstanding feud between a Christian family and a Muslim family—based on male Muslims sexually harassing Christian girls—culminated in the violent deaths of six Christians.
After two of the participants, a Christian and a Muslim, were set on fire, local Muslims went on another “collective punishment” spree, resulting in the injury of at least 20 more Copts, an Evangelical church being set on fire and an attack on a Coptic church. [Clarion Project] Read more
