.... A new Amnesty report paints a bleak picture of Muslim mobs smashing their way into Coptic Christian churches in Upper Egypt this August. The attackers, sometimes hundreds strong, beat up worshippers and church staff, stripped out all the valuables (right down to air conditioning units and electric cables) and then burnt buildings to the ground.
This was raw, politicised, religious hate. The attackers blamed Copt Christians for the army's ousting of Mohamed Morsi in July and then went on the rampage after the army had unleashed its own bloodbath against the pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo on 14 August (Copts perceived as supporting the army authorities). [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
