Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/1/2011

An Al Qaeda affiliate known as al-Mujahidin has claimed responsibility for yesterday’s car bomb outside a Coptic church in Alexandria, which killed 21 people. The Egyptian authorities referred to it as an attack on both Muslims and Christians, but all 21 fatalities were Christians. After the attack, violence broke out between Christians and Muslims in the area near the church. One amateur video shows police attacking the families and friends of the victims.

In other news, a Muslim in the English town of Derby discovered that the veins in a slice of tomato in his sandwich spelled out the words “Mohammed is the messenger of Allah” in Arabic. Elsewhere in Britain, an attempt to give a breathalyzer test to inmates in a prison caused them to riot. They drove away the warders, smashed furniture, broke windows, and set their cells on fire.

To see the headlines and the articles, open the full news post.

Thanks to C. Cantoni, DF, Gaia, Insubria, JD, Steen, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

Commenters are advised to leave their comments at this post (rather than with the news articles) so that they are more easily accessible.

Caveat: Articles in the news feed are posted “as is”. Gates of Vienna cannot vouch for the authenticity or accuracy of the contents of any individual item posted here. We check each entry to make sure it is relatively interesting, not patently offensive, and at least superficially plausible. The link to the original is included with each item’s title. Further research and verification are left to the reader.