Copts attacked by Muslims in Turin (Italy) for being Christians
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It happened in Turin on Corso Vigevano. The two brothers are 62 and 71 years old.
They were attacked because they did not respect the rules of Ramadan which impose not to smoke during the period of fasting. “But my father and my uncle are Coptic Christians, they are not Muslims ”, explains the daughter and niece of the victims of an attack that took place on Monday afternoon on Corso Vigevano almost in Piazza Crispi. “It's not the first time that even in Italy we have been attacked for the fact that we are Christians” says the 23-year-old, born and raised in Italy.
His family has lived in Turin for more than 40 years, his father is 62 years old and has always been an activist for the promotion of the rights of the Coptic minority who are victims of discrimination in Egypt. “It angers me to think that this discrimination also exists here ”, he says.
The father, 62, and uncle, 70, stood in the square. “They were waiting for my mother – says the young woman – My uncle was smoking a cigarette and this group of passers-by, foreigners but I don't know what nationality, began to insult and swear. My father then turned and asked them if they were talking to him and my uncle. They said yes, saying it was not good for Muslims to smoke.“
When the two explained that their faith was different, they were attacked with kicks and punches. Both were treated at Giovanni Bosco for several bruises. They do not know their attackers. ' But maybe this group of people had already noticed my family members, my uncle lives in the area, my father is known in the community for his activist work. They both wear fairly obvious Christian crosses.”
The group only escaped when one of the attacked told the other to call the police. “We have already had problems in the past – said the girl – It happened to me in the city center, I was with my friends, we were approached by a man with a small child who started to insult us by calling us impure and saying that we were dressed like prostitutes because we were wearing western clothes . This always happened during Ramadan . The husband of a friend of my mother was attacked because he ate during the month of fasting which he clearly does not respect being of another religion”. In the coming days, the victims of the attack will file a complaint. […]
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Copts who were kicked and punched on Monday for smoking and carrying crosses during Ramadan weren't the only ones to be reprimanded for failing to follow Islamic law in Barriera di Milano, a multi-ethnic neighborhood in Turin.
“ Last week in Porta Palazzo a good friend of mine was insulted for drinking water in the street. – They shouted “Ramadan, haram” to remind him that it is forbidden to drink water during the day during the month of fasting.” A few days ago, his brother Nabil was also criticized for the same reason.
'A young man, possibly Tunisian, outside the same bar told him that Islamic law forbids smoking during Ramadan and that this time, to avoid trouble, he should lower his head and stick to it, conform. I can assure you, Sherif continues, that if I went out tomorrow to eat a sandwich in this same area, I would not come out alive. The reason, explains the Egyptian-born businessman over the phone, is simple: “They want to apply sharia because they consider us inferior and want to dominate us.“Over the past few days, Sherif has been reporting everything to the police. The investigations aim to identify the perpetrators of the attack, thanks also to the security cameras installed in the area.
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