|
The 2011 Imbaba church attacks were a series of attacks that took place on 7 May 2011 against Coptic Christian churches in the poor working-class neighborhood of Imbaba in Cairo, Egypt. The attacks were blamed on Salafi Muslims,〔(Egypt Sectarian Clash Leads To Multiple Deaths ). Huffingtonpost.com (2011-05-07). Retrieved on 12 May 2011.〕 and the attacks began when the Salafis attacked the Coptic Orthodox church of Saint Mina, where they alleged a Christian woman was being held against her will because she wanted to convert to Islam. The attacks resulted in the burning of 3 Coptic Orthodox churches, and the destruction of many Christian-owned houses and businesses. In addition, 15 people were killed in the attacks, and about 232 injured.〔(Egypt to lift restrictions on building churches )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Egyptian Copts, reeling from violence, want protection )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=الاف المصرييين في ميدان التحرير دفاعا عن الوحدة الوطنية )〕〔Ernesto Londono ()"12 dead in Egypt as Christians and Muslims clash", 8 May 2011, Washington Post.〕〔(9 قتلى و109 مصاباً في إشتباكات طائفية في مصر بسبب فتاة ). Elaph.com. Retrieved on 12 May 2011.〕〔(At least 6 dead in Egyptian sectarian violence – CNN.com ). Edition.cnn.com (2011-05-08). Retrieved on 12 May 2011.〕 Among those killed were four Christians and six Muslims, while two other bodies were still unidentified.〔(AFP: Egypt warns 'iron hand' to halt religious unrest ). Google.com. Retrieved on 12 May 2011.〕 Imbaba has been known to be a stronghold of Muslim fundamentalists since the 1970s, but also comprises a significant number of Coptic Christians.〔〔(Cairo's Copts organize groups for self-defense | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt ). Al-Masry Al-Youm (2011-05-08). Retrieved on 12 May 2011.〕 == Events == The attack began when a mob estimated at 500 "hard-line" Salafi Muslims attacked the Coptic Orthodox church of Saint Mina in Imababa, claiming that a Christian convert to Islam was held hostage there.〔〔〔〔〔(BBC News – Cairo: Muslims and Christians clash in Imbaba ). Bbc.co.uk (2011-05-08). Retrieved on 12 May 2011.〕 Christians denied that anybody was being held hostage, and police search of the church did not reveal anything.〔 Yet, Salafi Muslims insisted on attacking the church. When the Christians protected their church and refused that the Muslims raid it, the Salafis opened gunfire at them, and threw firebombs and molotov cocktails.〔〔 There were no guns with the Christians, and no gunshots were shot from within the church.〔 During the attacks, the two sides also exchanged the throwing of stones.〔〔 Apartments and shops belonging to the Christians were also torched and destroyed.〔〔 After torching the Coptic Orthodox church of Saint Mina, Salafis went ahead and burned another church, the Coptic Orthodox church of the Virgin Mary, also in Imbaba.〔〔〔〔 Military soldiers later arrived to repel the Muslim protesters. Copts also scuffled with the soldiers, blaming them for not doing enough to protect them.〔 Nearby, firefighters also fought to control a blaze started at the Coptic Orthodox church of the Virgin Mary.〔 The Copts then took to the streets to protest the attacks, chanting "Oh God! Oh Jesus!", and "We sacrifice our souls and blood for the Holy Cross".〔〔 They also clashed with army soldiers, blaming them for not doing enough to protect the Christians and their churches.〔 On the other hand, Salafi Muslims demonstrated shouting "We sacrifice our souls and blood for Islam"〔 While other Muslims, especially residents of the area shouted "Muslims and Christians are one hand", with both Muslim and Christian residents of Imbaba attempting to protect the churches and stop the fires and violence. Many blamed the police and army forces for remaining as bystanders without intervening while the two groups were clashing together.〔 In addition, many injured victims could not be transported to hospitals because the ambulance cars were prevented from entering the area of clashes.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2011 Imbaba church attacks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|