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Iraqis React to Lynchings in Egypt

The lynching of Shiites in Egypt demonstrates just how far-reaching sectarian tensions in the Middle East and the Arab world have become.
Egyptians carry the coffin of a Shi'ite victim, who was killed in sectarian violence, before funeral prayers in El Sayeda Nafisa Mosque in Cairo, June 24, 2013.  Egypt's president, accused of fuelling sectarian hatred, promised swift justice on Monday for a deadly attack on minority Shi'ites as he tried to quell broader factional fighting to avoid a threatened military intervention. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh  (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) - RTX10ZDU
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On the morning of June 25 and in the days that followed, Iraqi newspapers were overloaded with articles condemning the brutal killing of four Egyptians Shiites in a village near the Giza governorate.

Naturally, prominent Iraqi political and religious figures issued statements condemning the killings and many comments were posted on the pages of social media sites, where the incident was displayed with links referring to fatwas recently issued by clerics accusing Shiites of apostasy.

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