Cairo Tense After Religious Clashes -- Al Jazeera
Troops patrol streets as Copts camp out in Egypt's capital, calling for justice after 12 killed in weekend clashes.
Egyptian troops are out in force in central Cairo after weekend riots left 12 people dead and more than 200 injured.
Clashes between Muslims and Copts have raised fears that more sectarian strife could erupt in the country which remains under military rule three months after former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power.
Al Jazeera's Jamal El-Shayyal, reporting from the Egyptian capital, said the situation on the ground remained calm but very tense on Monday.
"About 200 Egyptian Christians remain camped outside the state-owned television in what they say is an open-ended sit-in," he said.
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More News On Egypt's Muslim - Christian Clashes
Egypt promises justice after Copts and Muslims clash in Cairo -- The Guardian
12 dead in Egypt as Christians and Muslims clash -- Washington Post
12 dead in Muslim-Christian clashes in Egypt -- L.A. Times
Tensions continue in Cairo after sectarian clashes -- BBC
Egypt Christians protest in Cairo after church attack -- BBC
Egypt: Churches Burned, 12 Killed in Sectarian Clashes -- Christian Post
Sectarian violence in Cairo has Egypt on edge -- Christian Science Monitor
Egypt in crisis talks after Muslim mobs attack Christian churches -- The Telegraph
Egypt to Use 'Iron Hand' for Security After Deadly Sectarian Violence -- Voice of America
The role Copts should play in post-Mubarak Egypt -- Amira Nowaira, The Guardian
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