Qena, Naga Hamadi (Upper Egypt), Special Envoy - Upper Egypt rallied late to major protests that have engulfed the Egyptian streets from January 25 to February 11, the day of the fall of President Hosni Mubarak. In this region, where men are considered armed, residents said it was better to stay home rather than go out with their guns.
While in the north, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators confronted bare hands, to bullets fired by police and tear gas Friday, January 28 called "Day of Wrath, small processions were formed in southern Egyptian cities before dispersing peacefully. "If the population of Upper Egypt soon to govern, because this region is closely controlled by the regime since the 1980 and 1990, when it was home to violent Islamist groups.
Apart from Luxor, where demonstrations violence erupted in cities and surrounding villages have been paralyzed by fear of repression, "said Safwat Samaan, Coptic activist in Luxor. Just as the police have been lost in the capital and northern cities, they left their posts in the south to refocus around the barracks, creating a security vacuum in this area concern the violent incidents between Muslims and Copts have multiplied since 2010.
"But there has to deplore any incident between Christians and Muslims, reassuring Kamel Nashed, father of a teenager murdered in 2010 in Copt Naga Hamadi. The residents organized themselves by forming popular committees to oversee the comings and going into the neighborhoods. This proves that our enemies are not Muslims, but the police who, under the guise of patrolling in our churches, were there to prevent the construction and restoration of our churches.
" In this climate especially, has been made Sunday, February 20, in Qena (capital of the governorate), the verdict against those responsible for a shooting that killed six Copts and a policeman January 6, 2010, in the nearby town of Naga Hamadi. The gunman, Mohammad Ahmad Hussein said "Kamouni", 45, was sentenced to death by hanging a month earlier.
Sunday, his two accomplices were acquitted. In decreeing the death penalty for the shooter and his accomplices innocence, the Egyptian judiciary has sought to avert a conflagration community, say observers in Egypt. Upper Egypt is a rugged region where the "tar" the vendetta remains a common practice.
"The crime took place on the eve of Orthodox Christmas," said Ahmed Hegazi, police officer and investigator in this case. On board a vehicle, Kamouni led his machine gun on the faithful who came out of the church in March Yohanna, killing three young boys. Then two others, a little further.
"The car had then continued his journey to the monastery Anba Bedaba at the entrance of the city across the Nile, forcing the shutdown of a taxi s engagement on the road lined with sugar cane. Its occupants had been landed, Muslims set aside, the other passenger, Coptic, and a policeman shot dead.
"Kamouni The two accomplices helped him to distinguish the Copts Muslims, "says Ihab Ramzy, a lawyer with the victims." They should have been hanged as the shooter, said he, denouncing a "verdict trampling the rights of Copts." "Especially, he adds, that the defendants were not present at the hearing.
Rumor has it they escaped from prison in the chaos that followed the onset." The side of families of victims, Kamel Nashed continues to mourn the death of Abanob his son. His small apartment was transformed into a mausoleum. On the walls, on the front door, the door neighbors, Coptic too, colorful posters show Abanob wearing a crown and white wings: Abanob among the saints and angels, Abanob in Saint Michel slaying the dragon.
The jacket of his brother who had used to wipe the face of Abanob was kept in a plastic bag, like a relic. In the midst of dark spots which maculent cotton fabric, Kamel Nashed sees "the face of the Virgin and a great cross." Kamel Nashed said he also reassured by the positive spirit of the "Revolution": "These young people from Egypt, says he overthrew the regime, guided by the hand of God.
I'm not afraid of Muslims ". The status of Christians in Egypt after Mubarak is a source of concern among the Coptic community, which forms between 7 and 10% of the total population. Many have criticized the committee set up by the army to amend the Constitution, which includes both people close to former Justice Minister and a Muslim Brother.
A demonstration of several hundred people is part of the mixed neighborhood of Shoubra, Cairo, until the turn of the national television In the name of "Revolution of the cross and crescent" and demanding a secular state. Cécile Hennion 
While in the north, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators confronted bare hands, to bullets fired by police and tear gas Friday, January 28 called "Day of Wrath, small processions were formed in southern Egyptian cities before dispersing peacefully. "If the population of Upper Egypt soon to govern, because this region is closely controlled by the regime since the 1980 and 1990, when it was home to violent Islamist groups.
Apart from Luxor, where demonstrations violence erupted in cities and surrounding villages have been paralyzed by fear of repression, "said Safwat Samaan, Coptic activist in Luxor. Just as the police have been lost in the capital and northern cities, they left their posts in the south to refocus around the barracks, creating a security vacuum in this area concern the violent incidents between Muslims and Copts have multiplied since 2010.
"But there has to deplore any incident between Christians and Muslims, reassuring Kamel Nashed, father of a teenager murdered in 2010 in Copt Naga Hamadi. The residents organized themselves by forming popular committees to oversee the comings and going into the neighborhoods. This proves that our enemies are not Muslims, but the police who, under the guise of patrolling in our churches, were there to prevent the construction and restoration of our churches.
" In this climate especially, has been made Sunday, February 20, in Qena (capital of the governorate), the verdict against those responsible for a shooting that killed six Copts and a policeman January 6, 2010, in the nearby town of Naga Hamadi. The gunman, Mohammad Ahmad Hussein said "Kamouni", 45, was sentenced to death by hanging a month earlier.
Sunday, his two accomplices were acquitted. In decreeing the death penalty for the shooter and his accomplices innocence, the Egyptian judiciary has sought to avert a conflagration community, say observers in Egypt. Upper Egypt is a rugged region where the "tar" the vendetta remains a common practice.
"The crime took place on the eve of Orthodox Christmas," said Ahmed Hegazi, police officer and investigator in this case. On board a vehicle, Kamouni led his machine gun on the faithful who came out of the church in March Yohanna, killing three young boys. Then two others, a little further.
"The car had then continued his journey to the monastery Anba Bedaba at the entrance of the city across the Nile, forcing the shutdown of a taxi s engagement on the road lined with sugar cane. Its occupants had been landed, Muslims set aside, the other passenger, Coptic, and a policeman shot dead.
"Kamouni The two accomplices helped him to distinguish the Copts Muslims, "says Ihab Ramzy, a lawyer with the victims." They should have been hanged as the shooter, said he, denouncing a "verdict trampling the rights of Copts." "Especially, he adds, that the defendants were not present at the hearing.
Rumor has it they escaped from prison in the chaos that followed the onset." The side of families of victims, Kamel Nashed continues to mourn the death of Abanob his son. His small apartment was transformed into a mausoleum. On the walls, on the front door, the door neighbors, Coptic too, colorful posters show Abanob wearing a crown and white wings: Abanob among the saints and angels, Abanob in Saint Michel slaying the dragon.
The jacket of his brother who had used to wipe the face of Abanob was kept in a plastic bag, like a relic. In the midst of dark spots which maculent cotton fabric, Kamel Nashed sees "the face of the Virgin and a great cross." Kamel Nashed said he also reassured by the positive spirit of the "Revolution": "These young people from Egypt, says he overthrew the regime, guided by the hand of God.
I'm not afraid of Muslims ". The status of Christians in Egypt after Mubarak is a source of concern among the Coptic community, which forms between 7 and 10% of the total population. Many have criticized the committee set up by the army to amend the Constitution, which includes both people close to former Justice Minister and a Muslim Brother.
A demonstration of several hundred people is part of the mixed neighborhood of Shoubra, Cairo, until the turn of the national television In the name of "Revolution of the cross and crescent" and demanding a secular state. Cécile Hennion
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