Nightmarish Attack on Egypt’s Christians: “Oh World—Do You See?!” - Coptic Solidarity

How Coptic Martyrs—and Migrants—Inform our Christian Faith

Prayers in Deir El-Garnouse Coptic church in Egypt for victims of a terrorist attack: NurPhoto / Contributor / Getty The Coptic Orthodox church marks time by its martyrs. Its ecclesial calendar begins in AD 284, year 1 Anno Martyrii (Year of the Martyrs), when Emperor Diocletian ascended to the throne and put 800,000 Egyptian Christians to death, according to tradition. The most famous martyr of this era, military leader Saint Maurice, famously …

Nightmarish Attack on Egypt’s Christians: “Oh World—Do You See?!” - Coptic Solidarity

By Raymond Ibrahim – Coptic Solidarity – Once again, Muslim mobs have risen in violence against Egypt’s Christian minority, the Copts. A few days ago, mobs attacked and burned Coptic properties in Manshiyat al-Hawasliya in Abu Qurqas (Minya province). What sparked this latest violence remains unclear, though reports suggest that one Christian household was about to have a mobile network booster of one telecom company installed on their roof. Imm…