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In the final part of the video (4'15" to 5'01" of the video), the speaker declares; "and we will conquer Rome, by Allah's permission, the promise of our Prophet, peace be upon him," pointing his knife toward the sea, while the captives' blood pooled into the Mediterranean coast. [8]
The persecution of Copts and discrimination against Coptic Orthodox Christians are historic and widespread issues in Egypt. Their treatment is indicative of the poor status of Christians in the Middle East more widely, despite the fact that the religion is native to the Middle East, and that Christianity in Egypt dates back to the Roman era . [ 1 ]
Abd al-Aziz also sought to humiliate the Copts by ordering the destruction of all crosses in the land of Egypt, and by writing scraps that read "Mohammed is the great prophet of Allah, and Issa also is a prophet, and Allah neither begets nor is born", and which he nailed on the doors of the churches. [105]
On February 12, 2015, the ISIL released a report in their online magazine Dabiq showing photos of 21 Egyptian Copts migrant workers that they had kidnapped in the city of Sirte, Libya, and whom they threatened to kill to "avenge the [alleged] kidnapping of Muslim women by the Egyptian Coptic Church". [27]
The terrorists said he would be dead in one day if the bombings did not end. Titled "A Message in Blood for the French Government," the latest in a series of westerner beheading videos from Middle ...
The Foley video cut out from his beheading just as the knife touched his throat to show only his head sitting on top of his lifeless body, Sotloff's execution was much more graphically depicted.
Copts have historically spoken the Coptic language, a direct descendant of the Demotic Egyptian that was spoken in late antiquity. Following the Muslim conquest, the treatment of the Coptic Christians who refused to convert ranged from relative tolerance to open persecution.
The mujahedeen then blames Obama for his death and threatens to behead another journalist if the American military does not stop bombing missions. Foley's head and face are shaved of any hair, and ...