Christians in Egypt Feel that they are Under Siege by Muslim Extremists

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By: Victor “Doc V” Trammell

Christians gathered Friday in front of a Cairo cathedral holding signs denouncing a film that mocked the Prophet Muhammad. The rally occurred amid fears that Muslims will take out their anger onEgypt’ s Christian minority community. The country’s 8 million Coptic Christians were already feeling increasingly cornered amid the rise to power of hard-line Islamists inEgyptfollowing the ouster ofEgypt’s former leader Hosni Mubarak.

U.S.authorities have identified a self-described Coptic Christian living inCaliforniaas the key figure behind the inflammatory film, and the community at home fears it will bear the majority of the blame.

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