http://www.breakpoint.org/commentaries/1...-unnoticed

First off, didn't more people get killed over cartoons or naming a teddy bear "mohammed"? I'd be curious to know if this represents a significant rise of violence over Copts or is the status quo - I suspect the latter.

Quote: The events that triggered the protests took place on the Coptic Christmas. A gunman opened fire on a crowd of worshipers leaving midnight mass in the ancient city of Nag Hammadi. Seven Copts were killed, most instantly. At least another six were wounded.

According to many press reports, the killings were in retaliation for the “alleged sexual assault of a Muslim girl by a Christian man, in November.” That, of course, doesn’t take into account the five days of looting and burning of Coptic homes and businesses immediately following the alleged assault.

Copts are pretty well screwed over the long term, and yes, the world should do more to raise the issue. Another of the uncovered news stories that is probably more significant is the flight of Christians from Gaza and the West Bank as well as Lebanon and Egypt over the past 10-20 years. That probably amounts to a fairly large percentage of each population and will tend to polarize the region for the worse. I'd consider that a significant transformative change.

It's fast becoming an Islamist propaganda war.

If not fast becoming, then steadily continuing.