Coptic Christians in Egypt have been targeted in a series of attacks by Islamist extremists, including attempts to disrupt their way of life and destroy their property. The attacks were triggered by Christians obtaining a permit to build a church, leading to violent incidents in the village of Al-Kom Al-Ahmar in Minya.
Violence erupted in a southern Egyptian village after Muslim extremists set fire to Christian homes and businesses, officials and religious groups reported, in an attack apparently motivated by anger over the construction of a new church building. MORE: https://t.co/tPcOoW5YHj https://t.co/5Zu4SmqjU9
Violence erupted in a southern Egyptian village after Muslim extremists set fire to several Christian homes and businesses, officials and religious groups reported, in an attack apparently motivated by anger over the construction of a new church building. https://t.co/tPcOoW5YHj
BREAKING: Radical Islamic mob attacks Coptic Christian homes in Egypt. Police just watch! No global marches, no encampments for Christians persecuted. No Jews, no news. https://t.co/6Q5UzMISNJ
A massive mob has attacked the Coptic Christian community in the village of Al-Kom Al Ahmar. Homes have been vandalized and burnt down. People have been assaulted The mob was enraged by the news that the Christians had received a permit to build a church https://t.co/wKlgPSyH5u
Coptic Christians have been attacked in Egypt after they were given permission to build a new church. A huge mob invaded their village, vandalized it, but down building and assaulted locals. There won’t be a protest march in London https://t.co/6DpVkXFMjy
How many people are aware that an Islamist mob tried to burn Christians in their homes this week and attacked them repeatedly in Egypt? How many people know that similar mobs have been massacring hundreds of Christians in Nigeria for months? Or that Christians are regularly…
This is the second attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt within a week. Video of the attack on the Evangelical church in the village of Al-Kom Al-Ahmar in Minya, Egypt. Islamist extremists attacked Coptic Christians after an Evangelical church obtained a building permit. https://t.co/SaswuxLmm8
This is the second attack on Coptic Christian in Egypt within a week. Video of the attack on the Evangelical church in the village of Al-Kom Al-Ahmar in Minya, Egypt. Islamist extremists attacked Coptic Christians after an Evangelical church obtained a building permit. https://t.co/4fVwXU01xb
Christians in Egypt are facing attacks from radical extremists. https://t.co/fWAMfRoHSK
This is from the same town where Muslim extremists burned down the homes and shops of Coptic Christians a few days ago. Today the mob tried to fill in the well Christians use with rocks and attacked them. All of this stems from Christians obtaining a permit to build a church. https://t.co/qrchIXkmSN
The second attack on the Christian Copts in Egypt within a week. Video of the attack on the Evangelical church in the village of Al-Kom Al-Ahmar in Minya, Egypt. Islamist extremists attacked the Christian Copts in the village of Al-Kom Al-Ahmar in Minya, Egypt, after an… https://t.co/mJTEHgKB46
From an Egyptian follower: “Today after the Friday prayer, Muslims went and threw rocks into the water well that Christians use to make it impossible for them to live and to ethnically cleanse them out of the village. This is a week after they burned Christian’s businesses in… https://t.co/k5mtjuhq8X