Muslim Terrorist Bombs Christian Church, Slaughters Twenty Two Christians(tr)

Muslim Terrorist Bombs Christian Church, Slaughters Twenty Two Christians And Injures Thirty Five More, Blood And Carnage Are All Over The Floors.

An Islamic bomb attack against a church in Egypt, St. Mark’s Cathedral, has left twenty two Christians dead and thirty five more injured. Shoebat.com was able to find a video of the attack.

A bombing at Egypt’s main Coptic Christian cathedral killed 22 people and wounded another 35 on Sunday, according to Egyptian state television, in the second deadly attack to hit the Egyptian capital in two days.

Egypt’s official MENA news agency said an assailant lobbed a bomb into a chapel close to the outer wall of St Mark’s Cathedral, seat of Egypt’s Orthodox Christian church and home to the office of its spiritual leader, Pope Tawadros II.

On Friday, six policemen were killed in a bomb attack in Cairo claimed by a group suspected by authorities of links to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Sunday’s attack, which bore the hallmarks of Islamic militants fighting the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.

The love many has grown cold, callous, sinister and filled with wanton cruelty. Violence grows because we have ceased to see ourselves as human, we look to humanity and scoff. The rejection of Christ is the rejection of humanity, for in Christ is the encompassing of the whole of mankind. In Christ can we “bear also the image of the heavenly.” (1 Corinthians 15:49) The antichrist ideology of Muhammad makes war with this absolute and beautiful truth, that humanity can become one with God..."

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Bomb Hits Coptic Christian Church In Cairo, Killing At Least 25

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A nun reacts as Egyptian security forces work at the scene of an explosion at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo Sunday.
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A bomb exploded during Sunday mass at a Cairo church Sunday, killing at least 25 people and wounding many more, including many women and children. The blast struck a chapel next to St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral.

Named for St. Peter and St. Paul, the church is commonly known as El-Botroseya.

It’s the deadliest attack on Egypt’s Christian minority in years, as NPR’s Jane Arraf reports for our Newscast unit:

“No one has claimed responsibility yet for the attack. A bombing at a church in Alexandria, Egypt, on New Year’s Day five years ago killed 21 people. Egypt’s Orthodox Coptic Christians make up the biggest Christian community in the Middle East.”
Egypt’s president has declared three days of national mourning, and the country’s prime minister canceled a celebration that had been planned to honor the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, reports Sala El-Balad.

Condolences for the victims have come from Pope Francis, Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawqi Allam, and other leaders; Parliament and other government bodies have also condemned the violence.

Egypt’s Ahram Online brings us this view of the scene in Cairo after Sunday’s violence:

“Hundreds of Muslim and Coptic protesters gathered at the cathedral, chanting against the attack on the church in a show of both anger and unity.
“A number of protesters attempted to remove the cordons around the cathedral, which led to minor skirmishes with security forces.
“Hospitals where the injured are being treated, including Dar El-Shefaa and Ain Shams University Hospital, have called for blood donations, while calls on social media for people to donate have gone viral.”
According to Egypt’s Middle East News Agency, the head of Egypt’s Antiquities ministry says his agency will help renovate the damaged church.

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