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2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya. On 12th February 2015, the Islamic State (IS) released a report in their online magazine Dabiq showing photos of 21 Egyptian Christian construction workers that they had kidnapped in the city of Sirte, Libya, and whom they reported had been killed. [1] .
Feb 16, 2017 · Relatives of the 21 Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS in the infamous "A Message Signed With Blood to the Nation of the Cross" video are sharing the pain of losing their loved ones, but also their pride in the men's refusal to deny Jesus on the two-year anniversary of their death.
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Feb 23, 2015 · Egypt’s Coptic Christians, who make up between 10% and 20% of Egypt’s population of 80 million, are among many of the recent Christian martyrs. In two recent attacks by Muslim gunmen...
Feb 17, 2015 · Relatives of Egyptian Coptic Christians purportedly murdered in Libya by self-proclaimed Islamic State militants mourn for those killed. Mohamed el-Shahed/AFP/Getty Images. Over the weekend a...
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Feb 15, 2015 · A video has been released which purports to show 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians being beheaded by Islamic State militants in Libya. The footage shows handcuffed hostages dressed in orange jumpsuits being murdered by black-clad terrorists. A caption on the five-minute video says: "The people of the cross, followers of the hostile Egyptian church".
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Feb 16, 2015 · 16 Feb 2015. Fighters pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have released a video purporting to show the killing of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians kidnapped in...
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Feb 16, 2015 · Egypt’s state news agency quoted a spokesman for the Coptic Church as confirming the deaths of the 21 Christians. They had been captured in two incidents in the central coastal city of...
