'Egypt's majority: NO to Saudification of the Revolution!'
"... Tension was high and the army cordoned off streets near the Saint Mina church, where about 500 conservative Salafist Muslims massed on Saturday to call on Christians to hand over the woman. Violence broke out as more people converged on the church. Both sides traded gunfire, firebombs and stones, witnesses said.... Another church nearby, Saint Mary's, was badly burned. One witness said thugs started the fire at Saint Mary's and that the Salafists had tried to stop them.... ... ... Later on Sunday, hundreds of young Christian men ran through central Cairo toward the main state television building calling for the removal of Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, who leads the military council ruling Egypt. A crowd of Muslim men met them and some sought to calm the Christians' anger but fights broke out and the two groups pelted each other with stones..... ... ... Lawyer Peter el-Naggar, a Christian, blamed the clashes on Salafists seeking the support of more moderate Muslims..."
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