Egypt's army said it started yesterday (March 13, 2011) rebuilding a church that was set ablaze last week in the village of Sūl.

The rebuilding began as thousands of Coptic protesters continued their sit-in outside the Egyptian Radio and Television Union for the ninth day in a row. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said it “will rebuild the church at its expense and (the work) will be carried out by the Army's engineering body at the exact same site" as the burned church.