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2 days ago · The martyrdom of the 21 men, who were mostly from Egypt, was filmed by the Islamic State and released as an online video showing masked fighters beheading the men as they knelt on a Libyan beach wearing prison-style orange jumpsuits. The Egyptian government and the Coptic Orthodox Church later confirmed the video’s authenticity.
3 days ago · It was nine years ago -- February 15, 2015 -- that 20 Coptic Orthodox Christians, mostly from Egypt, and one Ghanaian Catholic, were beheaded by members of ISIS on a beach in Libya....
5 days ago · In Muslim-majority Egypt, Coptic Christians have for centuries suffered severe persecution. Their historic churches are often attacked. Permission to build new churches is nearly impossible. They are frequently discriminated against, killed, or arrested. Mark Basta, an academic researcher and political scientist, reported on November 27, 2023:
4 days ago · Ann Arbor, Michigan, Apr 24, 2024 / 15:45 pm ( CNA ). Muslim extremists set on fire several homes of Christians in Minya, a province in southern Egypt, in a continuation of anti-Christian violence less than two weeks before Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter.
2 days ago · Chairs, iron bars, and fists flew on the roof of one of the most revered sites in Christianity, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. When the dust cleared, seven Ethiopian Orthodox monks and four Egyptian (Coptic) monks had been injured.
2 days ago · Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christians attend Resurrection Mass at St. Mark Maadi Church in Cairo
3 days ago · Christian churches are being called on to hold a one-minute moment of silence followed by prayer for the 21 Coptic Christians murdered by ISIS militants in Libya.
