The Egypt Copts Coalition organized protests outside the Giza Security Department to condemn sectarian displacement of Copts and plundering and burning of their houses and property in Dahshūr.

Some 100 local residents of Dahshūr as well as members of the Free Maspero Copts Movement, Egyptian Coptic Union, Copts for Egypt and Copts without Restrictions took part in the protest. [Shādyah Yūsuf, al-Ahrām, Aug. 4, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic