Christian Churches Continue To Burn In Egypt

People walk around the burnt and destroyed Evangelical Church in Mallawi at Minya governorate, about 152 miles south of Cairo, on Saturday. (Reuters/Stringer)

Across Egypt, Piles Of Ash Where Church Pews Once Stood (+video) -- Kristen Chick, Christian Science Monitor

Anti-Christian attacks have swept through Egypt since Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi was ousted. Christian properties have been desecrated and reduced to rubble.


When a wave of attacks on churches and Christian properties swept across Egypt last month, this city was hit the worst.

Minya's streets are now lined with burned-out hulks. Church interiors have been reduced to ash. The once-cheerful turquoise exterior of a Christian orphanage is now streaked black from the fire that gutted it. Destroyed wheelchairs sit outside a burned-out Jesuit center that worked with disabled people. Torched schools, shops, and monasteries lie in ruins. On one street, several Christian-owned shops are reduced to scorched rubble. Nearby, an untouched snack shop blares a song that proclaims “Egypt is Islamic.”

As the attacks happened, police did little or nothing to stop them.

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My Comment: As I have mentioned on many occasions in this blog .... anti-Christian attacks in the Middle East are one of the most under-reported stories in the main stream media .... and one must wonder if it is being done on purpose.

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Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s War On Coptic Christians

The Muslim Brotherhood’s War On Coptic Christians -- Kirsten Powers, Daily Beast

Brutal murders, looting and burning, Facebook rumors. Egypt’s Islamist party is leading a campaign of deadly lies against the country’s Christian minority as the world watches.

The Muslim Brotherhood is showing the world its true colors.

The group that “renounced violence” in an effort to gain political power is engaged in a full-scale campaign of terror against Egypt’s Christian minority. Brotherhood leaders have incited their followers to attack Christian homes, shops, schools and churches throughout the country. Samuel Tadros, an Egyptian scholar with the Hudson Institute, told me these attacks are the worst violence against the Coptic Church since the 14th century.

The news coming out of Egypt is staggering. USA Today reports that “forty churches have been looted and torched, while 23 others have been attacked and heavily damaged” in one week. According to the Coptic Orthodox and Catholic churches in Egypt, 160 Christian-owned buildings have also been attacked.

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My Comment: One would think that after so many attacks that the muslim Brotherhood's "standing" in the Middle East would be diminished .... unfortunately .... their influence is still very strong.

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