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- The 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians were marched to a beach, forced to kneel and then beheaded on video, which was broadcast via a website that supports Islamic State. The victims were among thousands of unemployed Egyptians desperately seeking work in Libya, despite the risks.
www.christiantoday.com.au › news › pope-francis-condemns-isis-beheadings-they-were-killed-simply-for-the-fact-that-they-were-christiansPope Francis condemns ISIS beheadings: 'They were killed ...
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.
6 days ago · 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.
4 days ago · The Libyan National Army (LNA) announced on Wednesday that it has killed ISIS terrorist Al-Mahdi Dangou, the mastermind behind the kidnapping and beheading of 20 Egyptian Christians and a Ghanaian Christian in Sirte in 2015.
5 days ago · Judge Boulos Fahmy, 65, is the 19th person and the first Coptic Christian to preside over the Supreme Constitutional Court since it was established in 1969. Fahmy was sworn in February 9 by ...
5 days ago · In July 2013, at the same time as mass protests began against the 3 July coup d'état which deposed Mohamed Morsi, and in parallel with the escalation of the alr...
4 days ago · The northern Iraqi city of Mosul, once a major center of Christianity, marks ten years since it fell to the now-defeated Islamic State (ISIS) militants. Still, Christians number less than 1% of...
