U.S. Copts Association

To Whom It May Concern:

Group of Muslims attacked their Christians neighbors, took over their houses, lands, and kicked some of them out. The area is by Awana village, Sahel Saleem, Assiut governorate. Large group of houses located on both sides of a water stream. Each person owns the land behind his house. Each piece of land is between 2 to 5 acres. The Muslim group threaten to kill their Christian neighbors if they don’t leave their houses. They took some of cows and sheep. Some of people locked their doors, but they can’t water their animals nor they can get their needs and some left their homes because they are being afraid to be killed. Even old sick women were kicked away.

Name of Muslims who led the attack are: Momen Sad Al Ghanemy, Sayed Saad Al Ghaneemy, Ali Ali Reiad Mohammad Sayed, and Muhammad Reyad Muhammad Sayed.

Once the Christian group reported the incident to the police. The police arrested many Christians leaving Muslims to take over Christians’ properties! The police tortured a sick young Christian man to say a false statement to turn the wheel against Christians then they sent them to Amn Al Dawala who arrested more Christians and looking for other relatives who are related to the persecuted ones. Amn Al Dawala also arrested some one relatives who live in Cairo for many years and came after the incident to help or find out a way to solve the problem.

The Christians who were kicked out of their homes and arrested by Amn Al Dawla are Raiad Bishay in age of 70s and hard to see. Mansour age of 60, Samir Riad who is married and lives in Cairo and came to Assiut after hearing about the incident, Nadi Riad who live and married in Cairo for 12 years. Onsy Riad who is the youngest son, sick, and tortured by the police to say false statement, and other people whom I don’t know their names.

Please stand by them to be back home and find place to live. Please respond to my email, so I can provide you with phone number to call me.

Sami

Cleveland Ohio.