Egyptian state security released nine Coptic Christians who had been detained for nearly three months following a protest demanding the rebuilding of their church, rights groups said Sunday. The nine residents of Ezbet Faragallah village in Minya governorate, south of Cairo, were part of a protest of about 70 people who on January 22 had demanded the restoration of their church, which had burned down five years earlier. They were released on Sunday morning, the day that Coptic Christians celebrate Easter, the village priest told AFP. The nine villagers faced charges of “participating in an ass…