Date 20 May 2016 | Methods Looting and arson | |
Location Minya Governorate, Egypt Causes Rumor of a relationship between a Christian man and a Muslim woman Injuries The Christian man's mother was stripped in public | ||
The 2016 Minya pogrom was a pogrom in a village in Minya Governorate, Egypt, by a Muslim mob against the Coptic community. The pogrom was instigated by a rumor that a Christian man and a Muslim woman were in a relationship. The mob ransacked and torched seven Christian homes. The mother of the Christian man was stripped naked and was paraded through the village to humiliate her.
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