At least four Christians and one Muslim are dead following an incident of sectarian tension on Friday in the village of Khusūs to the north of Cairo. Grafitti on the wall of a local Muslim religious institution led to the deaths, but the story does not end here. The funeral for the Christians was held in the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, which was subsequently attacked on Sunday, leading to two more deaths.

 

Is there a conspiracy leveled against the Brotherhood to spark sectarian tension and drive the country to chaos? Or, must they invent a conspiracy to cover over the latent sectarian tension which exists and erupted naturally, in order to blame hidden hands for the failures of their governance? These questions are far beyond the scope of this report or any subsequent investigations. But they are the questions asked accusingly by both sides of the Egyptian street.
 

The nation is awash in conspiracy, allegation, and rumor, and who can say it does not exist? But it is hoped this report provides a first step at least in gathering the purported facts, to prevent manipulations based on only a sampling of the above.