A project to build a road around Fayum, Egypt, crosses the territory around the Coptic monastery of St. Macarius and threatens to destroy the ancient archaeological site around a church dating from the 4th century, or some 300 years before Islam was born and invaded Coptic Egypt.
In response, the monastery�s monks have objected with passive resistance � laying their bodies before the path of the bulldozers, which arrived with shouts of �Allahu Akbar� from the company drivers and workers (pictures above and below).
Previously the monks had submitted alternative plans that would allow for a road but also preserve Egypt�s ancient Christian site but authorities rejected them.
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