Ten hurt in Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt
Sat 12 May 2007

CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Egyptian Muslims and Christians hurled bricks and firebombs at each other in clashes on Friday south of Cairo in a dispute over building a church that erupted after Muslim prayers, security sources said.

Ten Christians were injured in the clashes that broke out in the village of Behma, about 60 km (40 miles) from the Egyptian capital, and at least 10 Christian houses and shops were set ablaze before police quelled the violence, the sources said.

Relations between Muslims and minority Coptic Christians in Egypt are generally peaceful despite sporadic violence, and restrictions on building churches have been one of the main grievances of Egypt's mainly Coptic Christian community. the rest