The repair of a church toilet at the Monastery of the Syrian prompted a mob to destroy the entire building

while the monk overseeing the work was at the police station. Watani complains that the official

press,

al-Ahram and al-Akhbar, present the event as if it was a minor incident, and that the

police could

see what was going to happen, but did not take the necessary precautions. For Yousef Sidhom

comparison was clear

with the destruction of Kafr Damyan in February 1996, in which the scale of the

destruction was much larger, but

where unjustified rumours that a church was being built also sparked

conflict.