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    CHRISTIAN PROTESTER KILLED IN A CLASH WITH EGYPTIAN POLICE

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    November 24, 2010 - 19:19 AMT 15:19 GMT

    One demonstrator was killed and dozens injured on Wednesday as
    Christian protesters clashed with Egyptian police over the denial of
    permission for a new church, a security official said.

    The clashes came amid mounting sectarian tensions in the Arab world's
    most populous nation after Muslims set fire to homes owned by the
    family of a Christian man rumoured to have flirted with a Muslim girl
    in the south.

    A security official told AFP that a young male demonstrator was killed
    during the protests over the church and that a senior police officer
    was among the injured.

    Several hundred people had clashed sporadically with police through the
    morning in separate locations in the Talibiya district of Cairo's Giza
    governorate, with demonstrators throwing stones and Molotov cocktails,
    and the police responding with tear gas.

    Around 20 police were injured in the clashes, as well as around 15
    demonstrators.

    Some of the protesters were led away with blood on their faces, after
    police hurled rocks at them from a bridge, the security official said,
    adding that more than 20 people were arrested.

    He identified the dead man as Makarios Jad Shukr, 19. Witnesses said
    he was shot at around 6:30 am (0430 GMT) as demonstrators tried to
    approach the proposed site of the new church.

    Copts account for between six and 10 percent of Egypt's 80
    million population and complain of systematic discrimination and
    marginalisation.

    Non-Muslims are required to obtain a presidential decree to construct
    new religious buildings and must satisfy numerous conditions before
    permission is granted, in contrast to the ease with which mosques
    can be built.

    Wednesday's clashes took place just days before Egypt is to go to
    the polls for a parliamentary election, which is expected to return
    the ruling National Democratic Party to power.




    From: A. Papazian
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