A Muslim girl went missing in the South of Egypt today. Her parents state she was abducted. Hence. there's been an uproar of attacks against the Christian group there
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/muslims-attack-christians-egypts-south-18766755
The most important information to note:
Bani Suef's prosecutor, Hamdi Farouk, said there was no reason to believe Christians were involved in her disappearance.
Security chief Ibrahim Hudeib said the girl left her house with her gold and passport in hand and may have fled with a local Muslim boy.
I think this is a problem for Egypt not just because of the religious strife internally, but it may distract the Egyptian people to scapegoat ethnic groups for their problems, rather than at critiquing their government for unrelated reasons.
In addition to this article,
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Mar-20/210845-egypt-president-sets-sights-on-joining-brics.ashx#axzz2O5MpLBTc
Mursi wants to join BRICS. He wants to join the powerhouse of booming economics (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa). I don't think this will happen or be approved though until Egypt is able to figure out their executive branch and stabilize completely. Further, the Egyptian economy reflects the situation since it had an all time low in March 2011. Mursi sights that by joining the group investment can occur to bring his country as a new powerhouse. Yet, the dependence of Egypt on India to cause this to happen would undermine the individual success of BRICS countries currently.
It's interesting to see how Egyptians are reacting. I agree with how it can lead to Egyptians scapegoating minorities for their problems. I think they shouldn't be so quick to blame the Christians.
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