Six months later, a fanatic targeted three churches during Sunday services, killing a few worshippers and injuring many. Copts marched in the streets of Alexandria for the next three days, protesting the security authorities’ leniency toward the culprits, the scapegoating of their community, or even an official hand in the attacks to justify an extension of the Emergency Law.
在穆巴拉克统治下的埃及，尽管宪法规定了公民在法律面前权利平等，但在实际生活中却从未得到尊重或执行，尤其在涉及到修建和保护科普特教堂时更是如此。去年11月，穆斯林狂热分子对亚历山大港的科普特教堂发动袭击，导致好几名科普特人受伤。短短6个月后，又一名狂热分子在周日礼拜时袭击了三座教堂，造成数名教徒无辜丧命，很多人因此受伤。科普特人在亚历山大港的街道上举行了为期三天的示威游行，抗议安全当局对施暴者心慈手软，对科普特人沦为暴行的牺牲品听之任之，更有甚者，当局甚至对恐怖袭击给予某种形式的官方协助，目的是为继续执行紧急状态法寻找借口。