Farshūt contains an exceptional demographic structure and used to be a symbol of peaceful coexistence between different religions and cultural communities. Some have blamed the government for not being able to control the situation in Farshūt, while others hailed the security services’ efforts to prevent more escalation of the incidents. Al-Jumhūrīyah interviewed Bishop Kyrillos of Naj‘ Hammādī who expressed his opinion about the incidents and many related topics.