Amid the ongoing violence that has claimed the lives of more than 750 people in Egyptian riots during the past two weeks, almost 50 Christian churches and... 23.08.2013, Sputnik International
Amid the ongoing violence that has claimed the lives of more than 750 people in Egyptian riots during the past two weeks, almost 50 Christian churches and religious buildings have been burned down.
Amid the ongoing violence that has claimed the lives of more than 750 people in Egyptian riots during the past two weeks, almost 50 Christian churches and religious buildings have been burned down.
Amid the ongoing violence that has claimed the lives of more than 750 people in Egyptian riots during the past two weeks, almost 50 Christian churches and religious buildings have been burned down.
Representatives of Egypt’s Churches Council have made a list of 49 churches or Christian buildings that were burned down or destroyed from August 14 to 17.
Egypt’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi told Christians that the churches will be restored at the expense of the state. Military engineers and builders have already been assigned to the sites.
Riots in Egypt erupted after the military dispersed camps set up by supporters of the ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Photo: burned-out Coptic churches in Minya province, Egypt.
A state of emergency has been declared in the country, with a curfew imposed in 14 Egyptian cities. Photo: burned-out Coptic churches in Minya province, Egypt.
Last week, the standoff between the military authorities and the supporters of the ousted Islamist president Morsi degenerated into violence that claimed more than 750 lives.
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