Easter for Egypt’s Coptic community passed on May 5 without incident came as a relief for many Christians who have felt increasingly under threat after early April’s violence in Al Khosous and Cairo’s St. Mark’s Cathedral.
The fighting in Al Khosous on April 5 left four Christians and one Muslim dead. The funeral, which took place at the seat of Egypt’s papacy, St. Mark’s Cathedral, witnessed attacks on the mourners within the church compound by unknown Muslim assailants, Reuters reported on April 6. Witnesses accused the police of standing by as mourners were attacked and firing teargas into the compound.
