Christians and Muslims Fight in Alexandria
Charles Johnson
Sat Apr 15, 2006 at 2:18 pm PDT • Views: 202
Coptic Christians and Muslims fought in the streets of Alexandria, Egypt, after three Islamic terrorists attacked churchgoers: Christians, Muslims fight after Egypt stabbings.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, April 15 (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas on Saturday to stop clashes between Christians and Muslims which broke out during the funeral of an elderly Copt killed in Alexandria a day earlier, witnesses said.
Hundreds of Christians turned out for the funeral of the 67-year-old Coptic man, who died on Friday after he was stabbed by a Muslim in an attack at two churches. Five other people were knifed and wounded in the attack.
Tensions between Egypt’s Christians and Muslims occasionally boil over into violence, notably in 1999 when 22 people where killed in sectarian strife in the southern village of Kosheh.
Three Muslims and two Christians were wounded in Saturday’s scuffles during the funeral, ambulance workers said. Rocks and sticks were used in the clashes.
And this article tells us the motivation of one of the attackers:
An Interior Ministry source said the 25-year-old man who carried out Friday’s attack said he was taking revenge for insults to the Prophet Mohammed — a reference to cartoons published mainly in European newspapers lampooning the Prophet.
The Big Pharaoh has more news on the riots.
Frank says: