Thursday, September 12, 2013

Christian Churches Continue To Burn In Egypt

People walk around the burnt and destroyed Evangelical Church in Mallawi at Minya governorate, about 152 miles south of Cairo, on Saturday. (Reuters/Stringer)

Across Egypt, Piles Of Ash Where Church Pews Once Stood (+video) -- Kristen Chick, Christian Science Monitor

Anti-Christian attacks have swept through Egypt since Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi was ousted. Christian properties have been desecrated and reduced to rubble.


When a wave of attacks on churches and Christian properties swept across Egypt last month, this city was hit the worst.

Minya's streets are now lined with burned-out hulks. Church interiors have been reduced to ash. The once-cheerful turquoise exterior of a Christian orphanage is now streaked black from the fire that gutted it. Destroyed wheelchairs sit outside a burned-out Jesuit center that worked with disabled people. Torched schools, shops, and monasteries lie in ruins. On one street, several Christian-owned shops are reduced to scorched rubble. Nearby, an untouched snack shop blares a song that proclaims “Egypt is Islamic.”

As the attacks happened, police did little or nothing to stop them.

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My Comment: As I have mentioned on many occasions in this blog .... anti-Christian attacks in the Middle East are one of the most under-reported stories in the main stream media .... and one must wonder if it is being done on purpose.

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