The departure from Sinai Peninsula, of 9 Christians families living near Egyptian border with Israel fuels worries of rise of Islamism.
ISMAILIA – Most Christians living near Egypt’s border with Israel are fleeing their homes after Islamist militants made death threats and gunmen attacked a Coptic-owned shop, a priest said on Friday.
COPTS ATTEND a mass funeral in Cairo
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The departure of nine families that made up the small Christian community in the border area of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula will fuel worries about religious tolerance and the rise of militancy after the overthrow of president Hosni Mubarak last year.















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