Egypt Army violently disperses Coptic protest الجيش يفرق مظاهرة قبطية بعنف

Army uses force to disperse Copts protesting attacks on churches

Military and police squads used force late Tuesday night to disperse hundreds of angry Coptic demonstrators and their supporters who were attempting to stage a sit-in outside the Maspero TV headquarters in downtown Cairo to protest attacks on a Christian church in Upper Egypt.
Christian Copts took to the streets earlier Tuesday evening, marched from the heavily Coptic district of Shubra onto Egypt's High court before ending at Maspero.
Last Friday, Muslim extremists burned down the 71 year-old Mar Girgis church in Merinab village in the city of Edfu, located in the southern Aswan governorate of Egypt.
Over the weekend, Moustafa al-Sayed, governor of Aswan, said on television that the Copts in the village were attempting to rebuild the aged church without aquiring the required planning permit.

However, Copts were able to produce documents that prove they had applied for and obtained all necessary paper work.

The protesters at Maspero demanded equality with Muslims, the prompt passage of a law that regulates the building of churches and mosques, and another law which criminalizes attacks on places of worship.

Moreover, Copts and supporters also demanded that the ruling military council sack the governor of Aswan, rebuild the church and compensate the Copts in Edfu.

Several activists on the scene reported over Twitter that a number of protesters were injured in clashes with soldiers, and at least 10 ministry of health ambulances were seen rushing towards the TV building. Others said that army temporarily detained five protesters, but no one was in military custody by morning time.

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[ipiZmaj86]

God be with you, brothers! Support to Coptic brothers from Orthodox Serbia!

+ ORTHODOX + PRIDE + WORLD + WIDE +

[bestinfadel]

this will only get worse for the copts , the islamists want this . the brotherhood want this , muslim brotherhood will take full control soon . sadly mubarack was the only thing that was keeping the islamists at bay now he is gone and the animals are out of the cage , islam is a different animal all together with out a dictator the beast has full range . i hope the copts fight for there rights , they got a huge battle on their hands , basically on there own now , we"ll see more churces burn

[MrDieYoung]

@Zryuken Honor and respect for my forefathers is the ultimate goal! A fascist belive in heroism and values,not money and materialism. So its not about survival! Assad respects his arab forefathers and therefore he deffends his people, no mather what religion they believe in. Evil islamists supported by global jihad and capitalists are trying to destroy his perfect nationalist state.Therefore he must kill them. If not his country will become like Iraq! Assad is a fascist and that makes him a hero

[Zryuken]

@MrDieYoung So survival is your ultimate goal...? Do you live your entire life by such a low standard...?

[MrDieYoung]

The world needs fascism. Mussolini, Franco and Attaturk are my heroes, not the capitalists and communists that run most of the world today. I also got respect for Assad! 330.000 christans fleed to Syria after the US invasion of Iraq. Why? because Syria is the safest country for them. Syrian goverment protect its people from these fanatic terrorists! The US, muslim brotherhood and the zionists are allied against us normal and peaceful people. In order to survive we must embrace fascism!!!!

[annazt11]

This is terrible. And people complain about racists in the west, but this is for sure more violent.

[MiDomAnDo2010]

@fakir191961 القرف على انجيلكم المحرف

ورق الحمام  اكثر افادة عنة

[fakir191961]

@MiDomAnDo2010 القرف على القرآن والشيطان محمد قبل كل

[MiDomAnDo2010]

@fakir191961 كس امك

[ipiZmaj86]

@1GTX1 ahahahaha you fuckin' idiot!! More than 90% declared as Orthodox in 2011 I live in Serbia!

[1GTX1]

@ipiZmaj86 Serbia is not Orthodox, maybe in your dreams :P