NOTES FROM A PEACEFUL RELIGION

from Midwest Conservative Journal by The Editor

Happy New Year:

A car bomb explosion outside a church in the north Egyptian city of Alexandria has killed seven people and injured 24, the interior ministry says.

The blast hit people as they left a new year’s service at the al-Qidiseen church shortly after midnight.

Sectarian tensions have recently been on the rise in Egypt.

After the explosion, angry Christians clashed with police and local Muslims, reportedly throwing stones and targeting a nearby mosque.

Protesters went into the mosque, throwing books out onto the street, the Associated Press news agency reported.

The mayor of Alexandria, Gen Adel Labib, said on Egyptian TV that there had been recent threats of attacks on churches, though he tried to play down any possible sectarian motive for Saturday’s bombing.