Coptic houses were attacked in a village on 4 June, after Copts objected to a group of young Muslim men swimming naked in a canal in front of their homes as Coptic women sat outside.
A Muslim mob gathered around the homes of Christians across the canal and began pelting them with bricks and stones, while shouting ‘Allah is the greatest’ and chanting slogans against Copts. They broke the windows and doors of houses, and looted and destroyed some properties. Six people were injured, requiring stitches.
Egypt: Ramadan arrest
World Watch Monitor
An Egyptian photographer was detained by police for carrying a bottle of water on 5 June during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Hani Shamshoun Girgis, 31, arrived at Giza railway station to continue his way to the office of the Tahrir newspaper where he works, when he was approached by a police officer and asked to present his ID. As soon as the officer found out through his ID that he was a Christian, he started searching his bag.
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