Nov 12, 2009

Salem on History | Muslim Fundamentalists Attack Egyptian Coptic Christians

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Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
Categories: Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Islam, Muslims, Mosques, Violence
Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History
Geographical Location: Egypt, Middle East
Date: May 4, 1992

Article abstract: Muslim radicals attacked Coptic Christians at Manshiet Nasser during an escalation of religious violence in Egypt accompanying the growth of Muslim fundamentalism.

Deadly Religious Clash

On May 4, 1992, Muslim fundamentalists attacked Coptic Christians in the farming village of Manshiet Nasser, about two hundred miles south of Cairo in central Upper Egypt. The origin of this clash, the deadliest in a decade, was a feud between a Christian homeowner and a Muslim family, which had insisted that the Copt sell his house to a Muslim. Other...

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Salem on History | Muslim Fundamentalists Attack Egyptian Coptic Christians

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Deadly Religious Clash

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