2005 Alexandria riot

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The 2005 Alexandria riot was an anti-Christian riot in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria. The riot erupted on 21 October when a group of Muslims staged a demonstration outside St. George's, a Coptic church, to protest a play they said offended Islam which resulted in 3 deaths.^[1] The situation got out of hand after some protesters began throwing stones at the building and at police who were present at the scene.

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Major revolts and riots in modern Egypt
Major events before 2010	‘Urabi Revolt (1879–1882) Egyptian revolution of 1919 Helwan riots (1945) 1945 Anti-Jewish riots in Egypt Cairo Fire (1952) Egyptian revolution of 1952 Corrective Revolution (1971) 1977 Egyptian bread riots 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot 2000 Kosheh lynchings 2005 Alexandria riot 2008 Egyptian general strike
Egyptian crisis (2010s)	Egyptian revolution of 2011 2011 Maspero demonstrations Sinai insurgency (2011–present) 2012–13 Egyptian protests 2013 Egyptian coup d'état Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014) Insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)