Bombing in Alexandria Kills Twenty-One Outside Church

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English
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Sat, 2011-01-01
Year: 
2011
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1

 


Bombing in Alexandria Kills Twenty-One Outside Church

 

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January 1, 2011

 

(Alexandria, EGYPT) - Twenty-one people are dead and eighty-three injured in an apparent suicide attack outside a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, Egypt. The bombing occurred during the New Year’s Eve mass at the Saint Paul and Peter Church, just twenty minutes into the new year...

 

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If you need further evidence that Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt are deteriorating, then look no further than last night’s attack on a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, Egypt, which left 21 dead, dozens injured, and an outbreak of Muslim and Christian rioters hurling stones, bottles, and sectarian slogans at one another...

 

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Reflections on the New Year's Eve Massacre in Alexandria

 

Jayson Casper considers the attack in Alexandria and the resulting sectarian demonstrations which arose in its wake. He explores some of the contextual issues and finds hope in an interfaith effort promoted by a dialogue group in the city. Even so, efforts to find meaning in the tragedy must go further…

 

 

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