(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - “The IUMS urges our brothers in Egypt, Muslims and Copts, and all political trends to keep vigilant about schemes being hatched against the revolution by sparking sedition and problems that undermine the revolution,” the Dublin-based body said in a statement obtained by OnIslam.net on Wednesday, May 11.
At least twelve people were killed and over 200 injured late Saturday in deadly clashes between Muslims and Christian Copts in the Cairo suburb of Imbaba.
The clashes erupted after rumor that a female Muslim convert was being held inside a church in the area.
Another church in the same area was on fire and had been severely damaged.
“The IUMS condemns every act that leads to sectarian strife,” the Muslim body said.
A report of a fact-finding commission has blamed the deadly clashes on the remnants of toppled president Hosni Mubarak.
The report said that the violence was part of counter-revolutionary attempts to discredit the January 25 Revolution.
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