We'll allow a Coptic president when Israel allows a Muslim one: Salafist leader

Yasser Burhami, an outspoken Salafist leader, denies right of Coptic Christians to hold high political office in Egypt; calls for government to monitor women's attire and force tourists to abide by Islamic law

The Egyptian Military's Crimes Against Humanity

by Raymond Ibrahim
October 11, 2011 at 4:50 am

Sunday, the Egyptian military opened fire on thousands of Christians protesting in Maspero, Cairo. In the words of one Christian eyewitness, armored vehicles "came at great speed and drove into the crowds, going backwards and forwards, mowing people under their wheels.

22 killed in Egypt as Christians clash with troops

A firsthand account: Marching from Shubra to deaths at Maspiro

Photographed by Mohamed Hossam Eddin

The march from the Cairo district of Shubra was huge, like 
the numbers on 28 January. In the front row was a group 
of men in long white bibs, “martyr upon demand” 
written on their chests. A tiny old lady walked among 
them, waving a large wooden cross: “God protect you my 
children, God protect you.”

Muslim Attack on Christians in Egypt Provoked By Installation of Church Bell

(AINA) -- An exchange of harsh words on July 25 between Ruth, a Christian woman, and Gassem Fouad, a Muslim man who had parked his tricycle in front of her home, escalated into assault by the man on Ruth and other Christian villagers, and the arrest of one Copt. After Ruth, who is 5 months pregnant, was assaulted, a Muslim mob waited for Coptic farmers to return from the fields, where they were intercepted and beaten with iron rods and pipes.
Security forces managed to contain the situation.