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Musicmystery -> RE: Muslim mobs burn Egyptian churches (5/8/2011 8:53:22 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Sanity
Theyre not extremists any more, nor are they radicals, nor observant. Guess what this AP reporter chooses to call them? [;)]
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Muslim mobs burn Egyptian churches, 12 killed
CAIRO – Muslim mobs set two Cairo churches on fire overnight during sectarian clashes that left 12 dead and more than 200 injured. The deepening religious violence in military-ruled Egypt exacerbated an already chaotic and lawless transition to democracy.
Mobs of ultraconservative Muslims attacked the St. Menas church in the Cairo slum of Imbaba late Saturday following rumors that a Christian woman married to a Muslim man had been abducted. Local residents said a separate mob of youths armed with knives and machetes attacked the Virgin Mary church several blocks away with firebombs.
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Islamic clerics denounced the violence, sounding alarm bells at the escalating tension during the transitional period.
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But in the months that followed the toppling of Mubarak on Feb. 11, there has been a sharp rise in sectarian tensions, fueled in part by newly active ultraconservative Muslim movement, known as the Salafis.
The once quiescent Salafis have become more assertive post-revolution in trying to spread their ultraconservative version of an Islamic way of life. In particular, they have focused their wrath on Egypt's Christians, who make up 10 percent of the country's 80 million people.
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Full article at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110508/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_sectarian_clashes
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Did you read this? It's how the Salafis characterize themselves, in word, purpose and action, and a direction denounced Islamic clerics.
I can't imagine how you figure any of that is about race, including your views. But the reporter told it like it was. If anything, the headline is misleading (fault of the editor), implying a broader group than the perpetrators includes.
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