Churches in southern Egypt have canceled Easter Sunday celebrations in order to mourn the victims of dual suicide attacks on Palm Sunday. Dozens of worshipers were killed. Christians in the region have been under attack by ISIS in recent years, suffering more than 40 attacks. According to the State Department, ISIS is waging a […]
44 Dead, Over 100 Injured: ISIS Claims Responsibility For Palm Sunday Dual Suicide Bombings Against Egyptian Coptic Christians
April 9, 2017 by
Egyptian authorities report that at least 44 people were killed and more than 100 people were injured in dual suicide bombing attacks against Egypt’s besieged Coptic Christian community. The explosions occurred as Christians joined together in prayer to commemorate the birth of Christ on Palm Sunday. Reuters reports: The first bombing, in Tanta, a Nile […]
Devout Muslims BOMB Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral, at least 25 dead
December 11, 2016 by
“I saw a headless woman being carried away. Everyone was in a state of shock. We were scooping up people’s flesh off the floor,” Mariam Shenouda. A bombing at Egypt’s main Coptic Christian cathedral killed 25 people and wounded another 35 on Sunday, in one of the deadliest attacks carried out against the religious minority […]