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Egypt: Muslim mob assaults Christians as it attacks church, police arrest the Christians
Jihad Watch ^ | 14 Jul, 2026 | Robert Spencer

Posted on 07/15/2026 7:29:47 AM PDT by MtnClimber

The police freed them only after they abandoned their complaint against the Muslims who attacked them. As in Pakistan and elsewhere, Christians in Egypt can expect no sympathy or protection from authorities. If Muslims victimize them, those authorities will all too often side with the people who are doing the victimizing, as a Muslim will know that if he defends Christians against Muslims, he will face opprobrium (and possibly violence) from his fellow Muslims. Also, Muslim police officers know that the Qur’an tells Muslims to be “ruthless to unbelievers, merciful to one another.”

“Police arrest Christian victims after attack on Coptic church,” by Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post, July 12, 2026:

Egyptian police arrested four Christian men who had been assaulted by a mob during an attack on a Coptic place of worship in Egypt, and freed them two days later once they abandoned the complaint they lodged against those who beat them.

The attack took place in the Upper Egyptian village of Tal Al-Quiblya in Minya Province on Wednesday, according to the United Kingdom-based religious freedom advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), citing the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).

A crowd of Muslim residents, most of them women, children and teenagers, reportedly pelted the building with stones while chanting sectarian abuse.

Several Christians suffered injuries. Witnesses on the ground say that the structure and the priest’s car had been damaged.

Officers arrived rapidly and restored order, though only after taking the four Christian men into custody. Their release came on Friday, conditioned on the withdrawal of their complaint against the attackers.

An unknown number of Muslim residents were also arrested….

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has urged that Egypt be added to the State Department’s Special Watch List, which marks states that have carried out or tolerated grave abuses of religious freedom.

Prosecutors have used the country’s blasphemy statutes against people for voicing or defending their beliefs, imposing anything from fines to jail….


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: egypt; islam; koranimals; pakistan; sinai

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1 posted on 07/15/2026 7:29:47 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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Not surprised.


2 posted on 07/15/2026 7:30:07 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
Their release came on Friday, conditioned on the withdrawal of their complaint against the attackers.

Unreal
3 posted on 07/15/2026 7:31:14 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: MtnClimber

Can’t let free Christians be free


4 posted on 07/15/2026 7:33:09 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: MtnClimber

I get that the oppressed Christians here are not Catholic. Nevertheless, I’m sure Pope Leo will be speaking out strongly about this.

I kid, of course. Leo is too busy demanding Europe accept Muslims invaders. Except for Vatican City. No illegals are allowed there, ever.


5 posted on 07/15/2026 7:42:18 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: MtnClimber

Oh, oops, thought this was UK.


6 posted on 07/15/2026 7:43:10 AM PDT by No.6
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To: MtnClimber

If they took the word “Egypt” out of the article, I would have thought this happened in the UK or France.


7 posted on 07/15/2026 7:51:23 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: MtnClimber

Following UK’s justice.


8 posted on 07/15/2026 8:06:11 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: MtnClimber

I’m sorry for my brothers and sisters in Christ. If we could bring them here and at the same time, deport all ragheads, that would accomplish something.


9 posted on 07/15/2026 8:10:51 AM PDT by LouAvul (They're doing it again because you didn't hang them last time.)
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To: MtnClimber
I personally think Copts in Egypt go straight to heaven when they die.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. 1 Peter 4:14

And where do Christians suffer more than living among low IQ, retrograde, evil Muslims in Egypt?

10 posted on 07/15/2026 8:14:30 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: MtnClimber

“Egypt: Muslim mob assaults Christians as it attacks church, police arrest the Christians”. Who would have thought the muslims don’t like Christians?


11 posted on 07/15/2026 8:29:00 AM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthty.bym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: MtnClimber
Thanks for posting MtnClimber.

There are some on FR that do not believe this is a problem. It is.

12 posted on 07/15/2026 9:13:08 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: MtnClimber

And there are stupid people in this country that will go on vacation there.


13 posted on 07/15/2026 9:47:59 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: PGR88
And where do Christians suffer more than living among low IQ, retrograde, evil Muslims in Egypt?

True, but much of the western world is rushing to catch up with Egypt.

14 posted on 07/15/2026 10:42:29 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: MtnClimber

The Coptic Christian part of Cairo is called Shobra. By US or European standards, it is a ghetto. There isn’t upward mobility in that society back in the 80s when I was there, and I suspect it is worse now.

The Egyptian national soccer team praying for curses against Jews and Christians is indicative where their hearts are.

Trump should start negotiations for asylum.


15 posted on 07/15/2026 10:43:52 AM PDT by Salvavida
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The Coptic Christians are a great example of Islamic tolerance, inclusion and diversity. (Sarc)

They suffer horribly.


16 posted on 07/15/2026 11:51:46 AM PDT by Red6
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To: MtnClimber

You’d think it was England.


17 posted on 07/15/2026 12:06:59 PM PDT by Salman (We need to proceed as if the system were completely broken, because it is. )
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To: MtnClimber

I’m pretty sure I was near that church in Egypt back in ‘99.
Seemed like a scary place to alone walking around even back then.

I asked our tour guide: “Why do all the cars drive with their headlights off?”
A: “To keep people from shooting RPG’s at them.”
He was very serious.


18 posted on 07/15/2026 12:30:59 PM PDT by Zathras
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