CAIRO - Dozens of ultraconservative Muslims from the Salafi movement staged a protest in Cairo, accusing the local Christian church of abducting a Muslim convert The Tuesday protest over the case of a Coptic priest's wife whom some believe converted to Islam and is being held against her will came amid signs of increasing assertiveness by the fundamentalist movement. On Monday, Salafis clashed with villagers in Fayoum province south of Cairo, over a local liquor store. According to a security official, one person was killed and eight others injured when villagers clashed with the Islamists trying to shut the store down. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
