Strifes will arise through the period. Watch for them near the Davis
Strait [between Greenland and Canada] in the attempts there for the
keeping of the life line to land open. Watch for them in Libya and IN
EGYPT, in Ankara and in Syria, through the straits about those areas
above Australia, in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf.
EDGAR CAYCE
Clashes in Egypt leave many injured
April 16 2006 at 04:11PM
Cairo - A total of 22 people have been injured in clashes in the
Egyptian port city of Alexandria after attacks on churches, the
official MENA news agency reported on Sunday.
They included 12 Muslims, seven Christians and three policemen, the
agency said, adding that security forces had detained 15 people over
Saturday's violence that also saw property destroyed.
Muslims and Copts attacked each other with sticks and stones in
Alexandria during a funeral for Noshi Atta Girgis, 78, who was killed
by a knife-wielding assailant in attacks on Friday on three churches in
the city.
The interior ministry said a 25-year-old man named Mahmud Salaheddin
Abdul Razek had been arrested, describing him as "mentally unstable".
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'Mentally unstable'
MENA, quoting security sources, said demonstrators "smashed the
windscreens of a number of vehicles, burned two other vehicles and some
shops", blaming that unrest on "extremist elements".
The deadliest recent communal clashes occurred in October 2005 when
Muslim protestors attacked a church in Alexandria which they accused of
having hosted a play they deemed offensive to Islam,
killing three people.
A 19-year-old Muslim who stabbed a nun during the rioting was sentenced
to three years in jail in February.
A string of other incidents have been reported in different parts of
the country in recent months, fueling fears of growing sectarian
strife.
The United States condemned Friday's attacks and urged Cairo to work to
defuse tensions between Christian and Muslims.
'Extremist elements'
Copts make up an estimated 10 percent of Egypt's overwhelmingly Muslim
population of 73 million and complain of discrimination by the regime.
- Sapa-AFP
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