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Mon 02 Feb 2010'If we say something, then maybe no one will see us again'
LETTER FROM CAIRO:Sectarian conflict in Egypt is growing in frequency as Copts and Muslims radicalise, writes ROB CRILLY
FROM A distance the domed roofs and towers look like any other mosque in Cairo, a city where the architecture of Islam dominates the low skyline. But up close the minaret turns out to be a bell tower; each roof has a whitewashed crucifix at its highest point.
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