Muslim Zealots Attack Christian Bookshop in Egypt
Five Muslim fundamentalists smashed windows in a Christian bookshop on Wednesday and were about to pour gasoline on books and set them afire when bystanders stopped them, police said.
The fundamentalists escaped.
Last Friday, another Christian bookshop in Asyut was damaged and its guard beaten up. Police arrested three medical students and were seeking five more in that attack.
Egypt’s fundamentalists want their predominantly Muslim country ruled by Islamic law. Asyut, like several other big cities on the Nile in Upper Egypt, is mainly Muslim but has a large Christian minority.
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