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Feb 14, 2019 · A Coptic clergyman shows a picture of a man whom he says is one of the Egyptian Coptic Christians...[+] murdered by Daesh in Libya, on February 16, 2015, during a memorial ceremony in the village ...
Dec 29, 2017 · Deadly shooting outside church in Egypt 00:55. CAIRO -- At least 9 people, including eight Coptic Christians, were killed in a shootout outside a church and at a nearby store owned by a Christian ...
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Feb 16, 2015 · 01:37. 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 ...
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In 1959, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church was granted autocephaly. This was extended to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church in 1998 following the successful Eritrean War of Independence from Ethiopia. Since the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Coptic Christians have suffered increased religious discrimination and violence.
The Coptic Orthodox Church named the monks killed in South Africa as Monk Hegumen Takla el-Samuely, Monk Yostos ava Markos and Monk Mina ava Markos. All three were Egyptian nationals. The Coptic Orthodox Church of South Africa said that el-Samuely was the deputy of the local diocese. It said the monks were the victims of “a criminal attack ...
May 28, 2017 · Men mourn over Egyptian Coptic Christians who were captured in Libya and killed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, inside the Virgin Mary Church in the village of el-Aour, near ...
Feb 17, 2015 · A man is comforted by others as he mourns over Egyptian Coptic Christians captured in Libya and killed by Isis-affiliated militants, on 16 February (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
