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AJC Urges Egypt to Protect Coptic Minority After New Attack on Two Churches
Contact: Kenneth Bandler, American Jewish Committee, 212-891-6771
NEW YORK, May 9, 2011 /Standard Newswire/-- AJC called on the Egyptian government to take the necessary measures to ensure the safety of Christians Copts and their religious institutions, after two Cairo churches were burned last night. At least ten died in the attack, the third major assault on Copts since the beginning of the year.
"Egypt's dramatic transition to democracy will be tested by, among other virtues, how the country's minorities are treated," said AJC Executive Director David Harris. "The total lack of security around Coptic churches is deeply troubling, sending a message of disregard by the Egyptian authorities."
Egypt's 8 million Copts comprise about 10 percent of the country's population. In March, a church in southern Egypt was torched, following the New Year's Day suicide bombing at an Alexandria church that left more than 20 dead.
"Egyptian authorities must provide security for Coptic churches, and speak out forcefully against this religiously motivated violence," said Harris.
In another sign of growing concern over the situation in Egypt, the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has listed recommended that Egypt, for the first time, be designated a "country of particular concern."
