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- 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 money to families back at home. But they died a gruesome death at the hands of militants who have sworn allegiance to the notorious Islamic State group.
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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 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 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.
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 23, 2015 · Relatives of Egyptian Coptic Christians purportedly murdered by ISIS militants in Libya sit inside a house after hearing the news on Feb. 16, 2015 in the village of Al-Our in Egypt's southern...
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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.
May 11, 2023 · The 21 Coptic Christians—of whom 20 were Egyptian and 1 hailed from Ghana—were beheaded in Libya in 2015 by militants of the so-called Islamic State. A video published by the terrorist organization showed the men praying as they died. The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates their feast day on 15 February, the date they were martyred.
