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In 1959, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church was granted autocephaly. This was extended to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church in 1998 following the successful Eritrean War of Independence from Ethiopia. Since the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Coptic Christians have suffered increased religious discrimination and violence.
Feb 16, 2022 · FEBRUARY 15, 2015: 21 Coptic Orthodox martyrs are beheaded by ISIS in Libya. The terrorist organisation Islamic State (ISIS) beheaded 20 Egyptian Coptic Christian construction workers and one Ghanaian that they had kidnapped in the Libyan city of Sirte on February 15, 2015. The men were kidnapped in Sirte in two separate attacks on 27 December ...
Mar 17, 2016 · ISIS has carried out a slew of deadly anti-Christian attacks in Egypt, which hosts the largest Christian population in the Middle East. On May 26, 2017, the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, gunmen opened fire on a bus of Coptic Christians in the southern Egyptian city of Minya, killing at least 29 people and wounding 25 others.
Feb 26, 2015 · Thirteen of their relatives were among the 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians beheaded by the Islamic State on a beach in Libya, and featured in a recent video released by the extremist group.
Feb 17, 2015 · (New York) – The brutal killing of 21 mostly Egyptian Coptic Christians held captive by a Libyan extremist group was a war crime for which those responsible must be held to account.
The kidnapped Egyptian workers, all Coptic Christians, were seized in December and January from the coastal town of Sirte in eastern Libya, now under the control of Islamist groups. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said in the past that militants in Libya are a danger not just to Egypt, but also to the Middle East.Rival governments.
Jan 3, 2019 · A mass grave with 34 Ethiopian Christians has been found in Libya, states Libyan Express. The group would have been murdered by the Islamic State in 2015, according to the Libyan authorities. (Below photos are of the Egyptian Coptic Christians, who also were beheaded by ISIS in Libya. Don’t know if their bodies have ever been found)
