.- The death toll from sectarian strife because of an alleged conversion of an Egyptian Christian woman to Islam on Sunday rose to 10, while the prime minister called for an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss the violence. Witnesses said about 500 known as the Salafist Islamist conservatives gathered Saturday outside the Church of St.
Menas in the Imbaba neighborhood of Cairo demanding that Christians surrender to the woman who said she had converted to Islam. Tensions rose, shots were fired and both sides hurled petrol bombs and stones. Soldiers and police went to church, fired in the air and used tear gas to separate them, witnesses said.
A Reuters witness said later that another church in the same area was burned and had been badly damaged. State media gave the new death toll and corrected the number of injured at 186, two of them hospitalized in serious condition. On the night of Saturday reported at least five dead and 75 wounded.
One of the newly deceased was found inside the church, reported the official MENA news agency. Are some of the worst sectarian violence in Egypt since January and provide further evidence to the generals who took power after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak during a popular uprising. The police, who disappeared from the streets during the uprising, has returned to work, but many Egyptians say they feel less safe outside their homes.
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf canceled a tour of Gulf states to convene an emergency cabinet meeting on Sunday morning to discuss the violence, MENA reported. The sectarian violence unleashed in Egypt usually due to conversions, family disputes and the construction of churches. Muslims and Christians held demonstrations of unity during the protests that toppled Mubarak, but tensions have increased between faiths.
Christians represent about 10 percent of the 80 million people in Egypt. 
Menas in the Imbaba neighborhood of Cairo demanding that Christians surrender to the woman who said she had converted to Islam. Tensions rose, shots were fired and both sides hurled petrol bombs and stones. Soldiers and police went to church, fired in the air and used tear gas to separate them, witnesses said.
A Reuters witness said later that another church in the same area was burned and had been badly damaged. State media gave the new death toll and corrected the number of injured at 186, two of them hospitalized in serious condition. On the night of Saturday reported at least five dead and 75 wounded.
One of the newly deceased was found inside the church, reported the official MENA news agency. Are some of the worst sectarian violence in Egypt since January and provide further evidence to the generals who took power after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak during a popular uprising. The police, who disappeared from the streets during the uprising, has returned to work, but many Egyptians say they feel less safe outside their homes.
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf canceled a tour of Gulf states to convene an emergency cabinet meeting on Sunday morning to discuss the violence, MENA reported. The sectarian violence unleashed in Egypt usually due to conversions, family disputes and the construction of churches. Muslims and Christians held demonstrations of unity during the protests that toppled Mubarak, but tensions have increased between faiths.
Christians represent about 10 percent of the 80 million people in Egypt.
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