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July 10, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070602283.html

Islamic Pressure Growing on Egypt's Coptic Christians

[Washington Post ] Ellen Knickmeyer - Under pressure from fundamentalist forms of Islam and bursts of sectarian violence, the most populous Christian community in the Middle East is seeking safety by turning inward, cutting day-to-day social ties that have bound Muslim to Christian in Egypt for centuries. Attacks this summer on Coptic monks and shopkeepers, and scattered clashes between Muslims and Christians, have compelled many of Egypt's estimated 6 to 8 million Copts to isolate themselves in a nation with more than 70 million Muslims.

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