2 cops guarding Coptic church gunned down

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Looks like there are Muslims in Egypt who can't bear the thought of Coptic Churches being guarded during Christmas. Maybe these Muslims should take a hint of the tolerance in the Emirates during this holiday.


2 cops guarding Coptic church gunned down



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    This still image grab taken from a video on Tuesday by the Al-Youm al-Saabi newspaper, shows an Egyptian police officer being blown up as the bomb he was trying to defuse detonated outside a petrol station in Cairo. (AFP)
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published — Wednesday 7 January 2015

Last update 6 January 2015 10:51 pm

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CAIRO: Gunmen opened fire and killed two policemen guarding a Coptic church south of Cairo early on Tuesday, security officials said as the nation’s minority Coptic Christians prepared to mark Orthodox Christmas Eve.

The attack took place in the provincial capital of Minya, about 220 km south of Cairo. The city is home to the nation’s largest Coptic community and the members of the Orthodox minority observe Christmas according to the old, Julian calendar.

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2 cops guarding Coptic church gunned down Arab News?
 
Looks like there are Muslims in Egypt who can't bear the thought of Coptic Churches being guarded during Christmas. Maybe these Muslims should take a hint of the tolerance in the Emirates during this holiday.


2 cops guarding Coptic church gunned down



  • 1420559320526867800-%281%29.jpg

    This still image grab taken from a video on Tuesday by the Al-Youm al-Saabi newspaper, shows an Egyptian police officer being blown up as the bomb he was trying to defuse detonated outside a petrol station in Cairo. (AFP)
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published — Wednesday 7 January 2015

Last update 6 January 2015 10:51 pm

| |
ico-fonts.png
A A




CAIRO: Gunmen opened fire and killed two policemen guarding a Coptic church south of Cairo early on Tuesday, security officials said as the nation’s minority Coptic Christians prepared to mark Orthodox Christmas Eve.

The attack took place in the provincial capital of Minya, about 220 km south of Cairo. The city is home to the nation’s largest Coptic community and the members of the Orthodox minority observe Christmas according to the old, Julian calendar.

Continue reading at:

2 cops guarding Coptic church gunned down Arab News?

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