Well, Egypt's new democracy is only a matter of days old and the islamists are wasting anytime to capitalize on the disorganization of the country as they broke into the home of a Coptic Christian priest...stabbing him until he died.
From the report at The Canadian Press:
A Coptic Christian priest has been killed in southern Egypt, triggering street demonstrations by several thousand Christians.
The priest was found dead in his home. A fellow clergyman, Danoub Thabet, says his body had several stab wounds. He says neighbours reported seeing several masked men leaving the apartment and shouting "Allahu akbar," or "God is great," suggesting the killing was motivated by the divide between Egypt's Muslims and its minority Coptic community.
I realize this isn't the huge bombing of the Coptic Christian church in Alexandria but I warned of this systematic attack on Christians in Egypt that would develop. We saw another priest murdered over in north Africa also just yesterday so the word to Catholic priests in any Muslim country right now might be to get the heck out.
Coptic Christian priest killed in Egypt, setting off new protests by religious minority
ASSIUT, Egypt — A Coptic Christian priest has been killed in southern Egypt, triggering street demonstrations by several thousand Christians.
The priest was found dead in his home. A fellow clergyman, Danoub Thabet, says his body had several stab wounds. He says neighbours reported seeing several masked men leaving the apartment and shouting "Allahu akbar," or "God is great," suggesting the killing was motivated by the divide between Egypt's Muslims and its minority Coptic community.
About 3,000 protesters scuffled with Muslim shop owners Tuesday night and smashed the windows of a police car in the city, Assiut.
Egypt's religious tension spiked in January when a suicide bomber killed 21 people outside a Coptic church in the port city of Alexandria. Days of protests followed.
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