The grim specter of sectarian violence hovers once more over Egypt after a weekend of deadly riots involving Egyptian Copts in Cairo, which followed the funerals of Copts killed in clashes with Muslims in a town north of the capital on Friday.
Egyptian Copts Mourn and Riot in Cairo
Mostafa El Shemy / AP
A tear gas canister is fired by Egyptian riot police into the compound of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral after the funeral of four Christians killed in sectarian clashes near Cairo over the weekend in Cairo, Egypt, April 7, 2013.