Egypt’s army will begin rebuilding a church set ablaze last week
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Egypt’s army will on Sunday begin rebuilding a church that was set ablaze last week, sparking deadly clashes between Muslims and Christians, a senior officer said.
“The Egyptian armed forces will on Sunday start to rebuild the church in Sol in the province of Helwan,” south of Cairo, General Adel al-Qorashi said.
He was speaking at a rally attended by religious figures and residents of the town of Sol, where a romantic liaison between a young Christian and Muslim led to a family feud that left two people dead.
The subsequent torching of the Shahedein church in Sol sparked protests by Coptic Christians across Cairo and clashes in the poor working class district of Moqattam, killing 13 people on Tuesday.
The ruling military council “will rebuild the church at its expense and (the work) will be carried out by the army’s engineering body at the exact same site,” as the burned church, Qorashi said.
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