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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 7695600, member: 87200"]For my own protection. In the case of Assyut, radical Islamic cells were active they explained that they couldn't ensure my safety, but moreover they didn't want any bad news of a tourist getting bumped off.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Nag Hammadi, there had recently been a shooting where radical Islamists shot and killed nine Copts by spraying a church with AK-47 fire. So also, I was told firmly to leave and they escorted me to the train station and waited to leave until I boarded.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Kom Ombo where I was robbed of 1000 Egyptian pounds and had a gun stuck in my back while walking around the town square after dark, they let me go after I showed them my Qu'ran (in Arabic) which I had got at Al-Azhar when I visited the campus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the folks I met in my unguided travels were extremely hospitable, and I was often invited into homes for tea and pastries, more often by Muslims then by Copts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 7695600, member: 87200"]For my own protection. In the case of Assyut, radical Islamic cells were active they explained that they couldn't ensure my safety, but moreover they didn't want any bad news of a tourist getting bumped off. In Nag Hammadi, there had recently been a shooting where radical Islamists shot and killed nine Copts by spraying a church with AK-47 fire. So also, I was told firmly to leave and they escorted me to the train station and waited to leave until I boarded. In Kom Ombo where I was robbed of 1000 Egyptian pounds and had a gun stuck in my back while walking around the town square after dark, they let me go after I showed them my Qu'ran (in Arabic) which I had got at Al-Azhar when I visited the campus. Most of the folks I met in my unguided travels were extremely hospitable, and I was often invited into homes for tea and pastries, more often by Muslims then by Copts.[/QUOTE]
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