The Abu Musallam incident was an event where a large group of 3000 people, including
Salafist Muslims, killed a small group of Shias in their home in a suburb of Cairo on June 23 2013. Among the dead was sheikh
Hassan Shehata
Hassan Shehata ( ar, حسن شحاتة; born 19 June 1947) is an Egyptian former professional football player. Before retirement he played as a forward. He then became a football manager, who is now retired. Shehata led Egypt to victory in 3 ti ...
who was a prominent religious figure among the Egyptian Shia community. Some news sources described the mob as "
takfiris", while others described it as being a result of anti-Shia rhetoric steaming from sermons at Friday prayers.
Egypt mob attack kills four Shia Muslims near Cairo
retrieved 5 July 2013
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