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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