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19. Security controlled Muslim-Christian clashes in Minia

Wed, 2011-08-10 09:30 — Diana

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Year: 
2011
Week: 
32
Article number: 
19
Article pages: 
8
Date of source: 
August 8, 2011
Author: 
Sa'īd Nāfi' and Teresa Kamāl
Reviewer: 
Diana Maher Ghali
Article summary: 

Security apparatuses in al-Minia's governorate controlled clashes between Muslim and Coptic youth that took place on August 6, 2011, in front of Saint George's Church in Nazlat Faraj Allah village, al-Minia governorate. Tight security measures were taken to avoid further clashes.

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Eyewitnesses said that a Muslim motorcycle driver hit a Coptic boy. A struggle erupted on both sides that escalated. 

Saint George's Church was full of worshippers who had come to attend the first day of Nahdet Eid al-‘Azrā’ [Virgin Mary’s Nahda - prayers that take place in the Coptic Orthodox Church daily during the feast of the Virgin Mary]. The worshippers then panicked.

[Reviewer's Note: News story was also covered in Watani International, August 8, 2011; al-Ahrām, August 11, 2011 and al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, August 9, 2011]

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