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Feb 15, 2019 · Twenty of the men were Coptic Christians from Egypt, all from the same small area and identifiable by the small crosses tattooed at the base of their thumbs. The 21st, Matthew, was from West Africa, perhaps Ghana. No tattoo for him, and his captors are said to have told him to go.
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.
Feb 16, 2015 · The beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by jihadists has prompted an outpouring of grief and horror. Most hailed from poor villages and went to Libya to work as labourers to send...
Feb 15, 2024 · All 21 — 20 Egyptian Copts and a Ghanan who professed his Christian faith — were soon declared martyrs by the Coptic Orthodox Church. This is the latest chapter in a long drama, detailed by writer Martin Mosebach, of the German Academy of Arts.
Feb 19, 2020 · Quick To Listen Episode 200 | 47 min. Five Years Ago, ISIS Executed 21 Christians on a Beach in Libya. How the Coptic Church responded in the wake of this heinous act of violence—and what...
Feb 18, 2019 · News. The 21: The story of the Coptic Christian martyrs. Christian Today. February 18, 2019 News and events. Four year ago this week, on a beach in Libya, 21 orange-clad men were beheaded by fighters of Islamic State, who published a video of the moments leading up to the executions.
Sep 17, 2019 · To learn as much as possible of the 21 Coptic Christians martyred for refusing to recant their faith at the hands of the Islamic State (“ISIS”) on the shores of Libya in 2015, writer Martin Mosebach traveled to their Egyptian homeland, where he interviewed family members, local clergymen, and generally took in the culture and atmosphere of ...
