On Sunday 55 people were sent to the hospital in Cairo, Egypt, as a result of feuding Muslims and Coptic Christians. Coptic Christians held a sit-in outside the state television station in protest of failed police protection of their churches. While the Coptic were protesting, Muslims initiated gun shots resulting instigating groups of young men from both sides in to a four hour rock and stick fight. Pope Shenouda III, spoke out against the Coptic protestors urging them to immediately discontinue their efforts because, “the protest is now no longer about expressing your opinion,” and that Egypt’s reputation and their own are at stake.
Ana Foster
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