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[24] The Obama administration was criticized for referring to the victims simply as Egyptian citizens rather than Christians, the express reason for their murder. [25] At dawn on 16 February, the Egyptian military conducted airstrikes on IS facilities in Libya. [5] The airstrikes targeted IS training locations and weapons stockpiles. [26]
The Nag Hammadi massacre was a massacre of Coptic Christians carried out on the eve of 7 January 2010, in the Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi.The massacre occurred at the hands of Muslim gunmen in front of the Nag Hammadi cathedral, as Coptic Christians were leaving the church after celebrating the midnight Christmas Divine Liturgy.
Twenty-one Coptic Christians were the victims of a massacre in Kosheh, Upper Egypt, located 450 kilometres south of Cairo, on Sunday, 2 January 2000.The Coptic Christians killed in this incident were considered martyrs of the Coptic Orthodox Church by Pope Shenouda III.
The persecution of Christians by the Islamic State involves the systematic mass murder [1] [2] [3] of Christian minorities, within the regions of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique and Nigeria controlled by the Islamic extremist group Islamic State.
Following the July 3 coup d'état against President Mohamed Morsi – a member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood – Muslim Brotherhood supporters burn dozens of churches throughout Egypt and killed at least 45 Coptic Christians. [41] On July 6, 2013, Fr. Mina Aboud, a beloved priest serving in El-Areesh, was martyred for his faith.
Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been arrested, police said Wednesday. It appeared ...
11 injured; Muslim gunmen opened fire on Coptic Christians as they were leaving church. 2011 Alexandria bombing: 1 January 2011 Alexandria: 23 A homemade nail bomb attack on Coptic Christians in Alexandria on Saturday, 1 January 2011. 23 people died and another 97 were injured, which occurred as Christian worshipers were leaving a New Year service.
A pro-ISIS group in Egypt is calling upon the country’s Muslim majority to increase attacks against the country’s embattled Christian minority.