A state of anxiety is dominating the village of Dahshūr as the 33 Coptic families that were forced to leave their dwelling places after clashes between Muslims and Copts that left Mu’āz Muhammad Hasab Allāh dead are to return home.

President Muhammad Mursī had ordered all authorities concerned to secure the return of Coptic families to their homes as security forces intensified presence in the troubled village.

A delegation from the Union of Coptic Organizations in Europe led by Midhat Qilādah visited Dahshūr, where local residents told the delegation that the incidents were “criminal, not sectarian,” fanned by a dispute between two families and religion had nothing to do with the quarrels. [‘Alā’ Hijāb and ‘Abd al-Jalīl Muhammad, al-Akhbār, Aug. 6, p. 6] Read text in Arabic