At least 12 people have died and over 180 injured, 11 of them very serious, a new night armed clashes between Christians and Muslims in Egypt. In the district of Imbaba, Cairo, calm was slowly returning fire while the embers of the Church of Mar Mina still smoldered after that during last night a group of the Salafi Muslims attacked Christians in believing that there remained locked a Coptic conversion to Islam.
Tempers were also switched between neighbors who were going to the place. There was an equal number of victims in each confession, according to Abdel Rahman Ali, governor of the province of Giza. Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, was quick to call the meeting of the Council of Ministers and has postponed a trip to the Persian Gulf would take his first stop in Bahrain.
Speaking on television, the governor of Giza, which includes large parts of Greater Cairo and where Imbaba, said the army and the police had managed to restore calm to the neighborhood, but some residents protested this morning to the helplessness they feel and accused the army of "letting go" to the exalted.
It has not been possible to establish who started the confrontation and where were the shots. Molotov cocktails were also thrown. In a statement issued through his Facebook page, the Superior Council of the Armed forces of the country's de facto ruling said there were 190 detainees who were to be transferred to a higher military court and was going to "condemn and punish set an example on who you happen to play with the values of this country.
" The military junta also plans to create a committee to assess the damage and to establish financial compensation for those affected. The Council highlighted in its statement "the grave dangers that surround Egypt at this period (...) and requires all branches of young people and the revolution and national forces, as well as religious leaders, both Muslim as Christians, who make a common front against the attempt to break the fabric of the nation.
" The Superior Council of the Armed Forces considers that "can not go back and that there is no goal to reach that stability and security and achieving the goals of the revolution no matter what you have to sacrifice." Escalating violence, the violence between members of both communities are common in recent months.
Last Christmas, an attack on the Church of the Dos Santos in Alexandria that left 24 dead, ignited passions among the faithful and for weeks there were clashes were mainly located in the south, one of the most conservative and where Christian community has important historical roots. However, the Attorney General has opened an investigation to determine the involvement of former Interior Minister Habib El Adly in the attack.
Apparently the target of the attack would have been to blame the Islamists and inflame between Christians and Muslims. Shortly after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, after 18 days of protests, there was another serious clash between members of both denominations that left nine people dead.
During a demonstration to protest the burning of a church, a group of Muslims stormed Moqqatam neighborhood, a suburb of Cairo Christian majority. However with the passage of time settled the idea that the battle was triggered by the deposed regime thugs trying to sow confusion and hate to show that without Mubarak Egypt would plunge into chaos.
"We must end the violence, we must not let these people ruin what we have achieved in the January revolution," said Essam El Erian, a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, in a television interview. "The Imbaba incident clearly shows that there are some people who are still working between racks to ignite sectarian strife in Egypt," he said.
"I think these people belong to the National Democratic Party [of Hosni Mubarak] and are still determined to break anything gained in the revolution, "he said. Muslims have staged the attack tonight belong to the Salafi current, one of the most rigorous of Islam and every day is gaining ground in Egypt.
After keeping a low profile during the Mubarak regime, since 11 February, the Salafists are gaining presence in the Egyptian streets. This week staged a protest in the center of the capital for the murder of the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, in American hands, and tried to reach the U.S.
embassy of the country. Egyptian Christians, mostly Copts, represent 10 percent of the country's population, estimated at about 75 million people. Al Qaeda has repeatedly launched threats against Christian populations in the Middle East. Sectarian violence threatens to derail the process that was initiated on 25 January for 18 days was the slope of the pulse world that the Egyptian people remained in Tahrir Square.
Finally Hosni Mubarak's regime fell and this, like many of its strongest men, are arrested and charged with various crimes ranging from money laundering and embezzlement to the deliberate killing of 846 unarmed protesters. Mubarak himself could face the death penalty for this charge. 
Tempers were also switched between neighbors who were going to the place. There was an equal number of victims in each confession, according to Abdel Rahman Ali, governor of the province of Giza. Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, was quick to call the meeting of the Council of Ministers and has postponed a trip to the Persian Gulf would take his first stop in Bahrain.
Speaking on television, the governor of Giza, which includes large parts of Greater Cairo and where Imbaba, said the army and the police had managed to restore calm to the neighborhood, but some residents protested this morning to the helplessness they feel and accused the army of "letting go" to the exalted.
It has not been possible to establish who started the confrontation and where were the shots. Molotov cocktails were also thrown. In a statement issued through his Facebook page, the Superior Council of the Armed forces of the country's de facto ruling said there were 190 detainees who were to be transferred to a higher military court and was going to "condemn and punish set an example on who you happen to play with the values of this country.
" The military junta also plans to create a committee to assess the damage and to establish financial compensation for those affected. The Council highlighted in its statement "the grave dangers that surround Egypt at this period (...) and requires all branches of young people and the revolution and national forces, as well as religious leaders, both Muslim as Christians, who make a common front against the attempt to break the fabric of the nation.
" The Superior Council of the Armed Forces considers that "can not go back and that there is no goal to reach that stability and security and achieving the goals of the revolution no matter what you have to sacrifice." Escalating violence, the violence between members of both communities are common in recent months.
Last Christmas, an attack on the Church of the Dos Santos in Alexandria that left 24 dead, ignited passions among the faithful and for weeks there were clashes were mainly located in the south, one of the most conservative and where Christian community has important historical roots. However, the Attorney General has opened an investigation to determine the involvement of former Interior Minister Habib El Adly in the attack.
Apparently the target of the attack would have been to blame the Islamists and inflame between Christians and Muslims. Shortly after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, after 18 days of protests, there was another serious clash between members of both denominations that left nine people dead.
During a demonstration to protest the burning of a church, a group of Muslims stormed Moqqatam neighborhood, a suburb of Cairo Christian majority. However with the passage of time settled the idea that the battle was triggered by the deposed regime thugs trying to sow confusion and hate to show that without Mubarak Egypt would plunge into chaos.
"We must end the violence, we must not let these people ruin what we have achieved in the January revolution," said Essam El Erian, a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, in a television interview. "The Imbaba incident clearly shows that there are some people who are still working between racks to ignite sectarian strife in Egypt," he said.
"I think these people belong to the National Democratic Party [of Hosni Mubarak] and are still determined to break anything gained in the revolution, "he said. Muslims have staged the attack tonight belong to the Salafi current, one of the most rigorous of Islam and every day is gaining ground in Egypt.
After keeping a low profile during the Mubarak regime, since 11 February, the Salafists are gaining presence in the Egyptian streets. This week staged a protest in the center of the capital for the murder of the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, in American hands, and tried to reach the U.S.
embassy of the country. Egyptian Christians, mostly Copts, represent 10 percent of the country's population, estimated at about 75 million people. Al Qaeda has repeatedly launched threats against Christian populations in the Middle East. Sectarian violence threatens to derail the process that was initiated on 25 January for 18 days was the slope of the pulse world that the Egyptian people remained in Tahrir Square.
Finally Hosni Mubarak's regime fell and this, like many of its strongest men, are arrested and charged with various crimes ranging from money laundering and embezzlement to the deliberate killing of 846 unarmed protesters. Mubarak himself could face the death penalty for this charge.
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