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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/in-post-arab-spring-egypt-muslim-attacks-on-christians-are-rising/2016/11/13/f50a18e2-84fc-11e6-b57d-dd49277af02f_story.html

In Egypt, Muslim Attacks on Christians Are Rising

(Washington Post) Sudarsan Raghavan - In the village of Asem, Egypt, on a recent day, an argument between boys sparked clashes between neighbors, with Muslims torching shops owned by Christians. Five years ago, many among Egypt's minority Coptic Christians thought the discrimination they had long faced from Muslims would begin to disappear when President Hosni Mubarak was ousted, but that sense of hope has since evaporated as attacks against Christians have intensified. Today, community leaders and human rights activists say the smallest matters are setting off violence. At least 25 sectarian attacks have been reported this year, activists say.

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