Jihad in Libya: Muslim mob attacks Benghazi church for the second time in revenge attack after Christians protest persecution

hey're supposed to just keep quiet and take it, like good dhimmis. "URGENT: Coptic Church burned by unknown assailants in Benghazi, Libya," from Reuters, March 14 (thanks to Coptic World):
You can donate to this church and help it recover from this tragedy by going to www.CopticWorld.org/donate, scroll down to the Causes section and select 'Burned Church, Benghazi'.

Unknown assailants set fire to an Egyptian Coptic church in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, witnesses said, the second attack on the building in weeks.
Residents said the attack appeared to be in reaction to a protest at the Libyan embassy in Cairo earlier this week where Egyptian protesters burnt a Libyan flag outside the embassy and, according to police at the scene, held aloft a cross.
The demonstrators there said they were protesting the death of an Egyptian Copt in an explosion in front of a church in Libya a month ago.

The church in downtown Benghazi was heavily damaged and charred inside, witnesses said, with bookshelves ransacked. As crowds gathered at the scene, the fire was eventually put out....
This was the second attack on the Egyptian Coptic church in Benghazi in weeks. Gunmen had previously attacked it, assaulting two priests.
About 250 gathered again in front of the embassy in Cairo on Thursday, clashing with Egyptian riot police, a security source said.
"This could be reaction against what happened at the embassy. They burnt the Egyptian flag in front the embassy," another Benghazi resident, Abdusalem Salem, said.

Libya's small Christian community has expressed fears over Islamist extremism as the government struggles to impose its authority over armed groups which have refused to lay down their weapons since the 2011 war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi....
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/03/myjihad-in-libya-muslim-mob-attacks-church-for-the-second-time-in-revenge-attack-after-christians-pr.html

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