Affrontements à Mersa Matrouh مرسى مطروح en Egypte – mars 2010
صدامات طائفية في شمال مصر توقع 24 جريحاً
السبت 27 ربيع الأول 1431هـ – 13 مارس 2010م
القاهرة – أ ف ب
جرح 24 شخصاً في صدامات طائفية بين مسلمين وأقباط في محافظة مرسى مطروح شمال مصر، كما أعلن مسؤول أمني السبت 13-3-2010.
وأفاد المسؤول الأمني أنه جرى توقيف 20 شخصاً من المسلمين والأقباط.
واندلعت الصدامات أمس الجمعة عندما رشق مسلمون عمال بناء أقباط بالحجارة ظناً منهم أنهم يبنون كنيسة.
وقال المسؤول الأمني أن « 400 شخص متورطون في هذه الأعمال. وقد تم توقيف 20 شخصاً من المسلمين والمسيحيين، وأصيب 24 بجروح ».
وأضاف أن « القوى الأمنية انتشرت بأعداد كبيرة وبقيت طوال الليل لتجنب وقوع صدامات جديدة ».
ويشكل الأقباط في مصر أكبر الطوائف المسيحية في الشرق الأوسط، ويقدر عددهم بين 6% و10% من إجمالي عدد السكان البالغ 80 مليوناً.
ويشكو الأقباط من تمييز ومضايقات مستمرة. ويتعين عليهم الحصول على موافقة رئاسية لبناء الكنائس، وعلى موافقة من المحافظ لترميمها.
وفي السادس من كانون الثاني (يناير) عشية عيد الميلاد لدى الأقباط، فتح مسلمون النار على مواطنين أقباط فقتلوا ستة منهم إضافة إلى شرطي مسلم.
وتجري محاكمة المتورطين في هذه العملية أمام محكمة أمن الدولة العليا في قنا.
Christian-Muslim clashes leave 24 injured in Egypt
AFP
13 mars 2010
CAIRO — Twenty-four people were injured in clashes between Christians and Muslims in northern Egypt, a security official said on Saturday.
Twenty people, both Coptic Christians and Muslim, were also arrested in Friday’s troubles, the official said.
Fighting broke out in the northwestern province of Mersa Matrouh when Muslim residents began to hurl stones at Christian construction workers they thought were building a church.
The Christians said they were building a wall for a hospice, not a church, the official said.
« Around 400 people were involved in the fighting. Twenty people were arrested, both Muslims and Christians, and 24 were injured, » the official said.
« A heavy security presence was deployed to the town and remained overnight to make sure there are no more clashes, » he said.
The Copts, the Middle East’s largest Christian community, make up between six and 10 percent of Egypt’s 80 million people but complain of frequent discrimination and harassment.
In the worst sectarian attack in years, six Copts and one Muslim policeman were killed when gunmen raked worshippers emerging from a Christmas Eve service in the southern town of Nagaa Hammadi in January.
Three people are on trial over the attack.
Copts are considered equal to Muslims under the Egyptian constitution but must gain presidential permission to build churches and clearance from a governor to renovate them.
Egypte: 24 blessés dans des violences
AFP
13/03/2010
Vingt-quatre personnes ont été blessées lors d’affrontements entre chrétiens et musulmans dans la province de Mersa Matrouh, dans le nord de l’Egypte, a-t-on appris samedi auprès d’un responsable des services de sécurité.
Vingt personnes, des musulmans et des coptes, membres de la communauté chrétienne d’Egypte, ont été arrêtées, a-t-il ajouté.
Les affrontements ont éclaté vendredi lorsque des musulmans se sont mis à lancer des pierres contre des ouvriers du bâtiment chrétiens, croyant qu’ils construisaient une église.
Les coptes disent qu’ils construisaient le mur d’enceinte d’un hospice et non une église, a déclaré le responsable des services de sécurité.
23 Christians wounded in Egypt
AP
13 mars 2010
CAIRO — An Egyptian bishop says 23 Coptic Christians have been wounded when extremist Muslims attacked a church community center in a western province.
The Rev. Bejemy told The Associated Press Saturday that a group of young men pelted cars and threw firebombs at the Coptic center and nearby homes in Marsa-Matruh.
Bejemy says Friday’s rampage followed a sermon by a radical sheik and lasted about 10 hours before security forces brought the situation under control.
Egyptian officials say the rioters were angry about a new fence built around the center.
Christians, mostly Orthodox Copts, account for about 10 percent of Egypt’s predominantly Muslim population. They generally live in peace with Muslims although clashes and tensions occasionally occur.
Dozens hurt in Christian-Muslim row in Egypt
Presstv.ir
Sun, 14 Mar 2010
At least 24 people have been injured in feuds between Christians and Muslims in northern Egypt, a security official says.
Fighting broke out in the northwestern province of Mersa Matrouh over what local people describe as the unauthorized construction of a local church.
« Around 400 people were involved in the fighting. Twenty people were arrested, both Muslims and Christians, and 24 were injured, » AFP quoted an unnamed security official as saying on Saturday.
« A heavy security presence was deployed to the town and remained overnight to make sure there were no more clashes, » he added.
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