Egypt’s Christians will soon be on the endangered species list.

Via Daily News Egypt:

A large crowd of Salafi Muslims disrupted an Eid Al-Adha concert in the city of Menya Sunday night to protest what they perceived to be the promotion of Christianity through the use of hymns. Urging participants to uphold the morality of Islam and the teachings of the prophet Muhammad, the Salafis distributed leaflets titled “a lesson and a warning.”

The crowd surrounded the Menya concert hall, which was hosting thousands of people for the event, within the first twenty minutes of the concert. The concert was meant to be a celebration of Egyptian national unity, with songs titled “the heart of Egypt,” being sung by groups of Christian and Muslim performers.

The Construction and Development Party (CDP) issued a statement afterwards, calling the concert “problematic,” and identifying it as a Christian concert with hymns that violate the Islamic faith. Sheikh Isam Khairy, the CDP spokesperson, said the concert was an attempt by Christians to convert Muslims.

CDP is the political wing of the Gama’a Islamia, a terrorist group-turned political. Their ideology centres around creating a strong Egypt based on Islamic Shari’a.

Alaa Al-Aswany, an Egyptian novelist, called the actions “fascist” on Twitter.

Al-Aswany asked, “is it in Islam to attack the concert in Menya, destroying signs and stopping people by force?”

Security forces appeared as the concert was ongoing, and asked the performers and the attendants to leave in order to prevent any violence.