A mob of over a thousand Islamic extremists attacked a Christian village near Alexandria setting fire to over 80 homes.

Video captured the Muslims gathering near the town.

The Muslims were outraged over a rumor that a Coptic Christian man was turning his home into a church.



The Foreign Desk reported:

A mob of over a thousand Islamic extremists attacked a Christian village destroying property and setting the homes of over 80 families ablaze over rumors that a Coptic man was converting a home into a church.

The attacks, which took place Friday in Egypt’s Qaryat Al-Bayda village, near Alexandria, left two Copts seriously injured and resulted in thousands of dollars worth of damage, according to a Coptic activist.

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“A great deal of fanatic Muslims gathered in front of the new house of my cousin,” Mousa Zarif, a Christian who witnessed the events, told Christian advocacy group International Christian Concern.

“They were chanting slogans against us. Among these slogans were, ‘By no means shall there be a church here,’” Zarif said.

Naim Aziz, the Christian man who was building the house, told Daily News Egypt that he was constructing it for his son to live in and not for a church.

The mob first ransacked the home, destroying the construction materials and also attacked Aziz and his brother, who were both seriously injured.