Pogrom Alert: Egypt

A scary situation is developing currently in Alexandria, Egypt, where a Coptic Christian church has been under seige for more than a week by Muslim mobs numbering in the thousands. A blogger called "Free Copts" is blogging it closely. The mobs are upset about a DVD of a play that took place in the church two years ago -- a play that -- you guessed it -- was seen as "insulting" Islam. A Coptic nun has already been stabbed by a mob member; fears of an upcoming pogrom against the Copts do not seem ill-founded.