After Bombing, Egypt Faces Its Sectarian Divide
CAIRO — A deadly suicide bomb blast outside a church in Alexandria on New Year’s Eve has forced the government and religious leaders here to acknowledge that Egypt is increasingly plagued by a sectarian divide that could undermine the stability that has been a hallmark of President Hosni Mubarak’s nearly three decades in power. As Egypt’s Christians headed to Church under heavy security Thursday night to observe Coptic Christmas Eve, the nation was struggling to come to terms with a fatal blast that killed at least 21 people, highlighted a long list of public grievances with the government and sparked concerns that Egyptian national cohesion was being threatened by…
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After Bombing, Egypt Faces Its Sectarian Divide
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