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Due to the pervasive media reporting both inside Egypt and in the international community, the violent incidents of May 31, 2008 at the Abu Fana Monastery is widely viewed as a sectarian confli
Jeff Jacoby sets the persecution of the Copts in Egypt in a context of wider persecution against Christians all over the world, including in Iraq, China, Somalia and others.
The article describes the release of two Coptic contractors who were charged with killing a young Muslim man at Abū Fānā monastery.
The author comments on the Abū Fānā reconciliation process that has been ongoing for over a year.
Comments on the ending of the legal criminal dimension of the Abu-Fana crisis
Watani recalls the clash between monks and bedouins at the Abu-Fana monastery in southern Egypt, and claims that injustice to the Christians has not been redressed.
A group of Copts who visited Abū Fānā monastery last week were attacked by Muslims. The police arrested four men and charged them with beating and molesting the victims.
The author believes that in the Abū Fānā crisis not only has the Minya governor reneged on his promises but that the monks have been forced to withdraw their claims against the Arabs that were being held in custody.

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