Posted on 12/11/2016 7:04:49 AM PST by mandaladon
CAIRO - A bombing at Egypts main Coptic Christian cathedral killed 25 people and wounded another 35 on Sunday, in one of the deadliest attacks carried out against the religious minority in recent memory.
The attack came two days after a bomb elsewhere in Cairo killed six policemen, an assault claimed by a shadowy group that authorities say is linked to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Islamic militants have targeted Christians in the past, including a New Years Day bombing at a church in Alexandria in 2011 that killed at least 21 people.
Egypts official MENA news agency said an assailant lobbed a bomb into a chapel close to the outer wall of St Marks Cathedral, seat of Egypts Orthodox Christian church and home to the office of its spiritual leader, Pope Tawadros II. Egyptian state TV gave the casualty toll.
Witnesses said the explosion may have been caused by an explosive device planted inside the chapel. Conflicting accounts are common in the immediate aftermath of attacks.
The blast took place as a Sunday mass being held in the chapel was about to end and coincided with a national holiday in Egypt marking the birth of Islams Prophet Muhammad. Most of the victims are thought to be women and children.
An Associated Press reporter who arrived at the scene shortly after the blast saw blood-stained pews and shards of glass scattered across the chapels floor. Men and women wailed and cried outside.
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They only disagree on the tactics.
Of course the US won’t say much about this;
it’s focus will be on those terrible things the Israelis are doing to the Palestinians,
and also that Assad is doing to Syrian rebels.
A few Christians don’t count for much; and musn’t be
permitted to enter the US as refugees (only muslims get
that privilege).
Prayers for the victims.
Up to January 20, 2017, at 12:00 Noon PM. We get a new President and that all changes.
Dear Lord, strike the scales from the eyes of your people. Strengthen our hearts, and lead us to victory against the foul Mohammedan. Amen.
What better way to celebrate the birth of a “holy” man?
Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!
Why isn’t this in Breaking News? (Geesh, usually asking the OPPOSITE question!)
I happened to open Wiki and noticed this as the top recent news item.
Guess it’s ho-hum, another Moslem bombing in another Moslem country....
Nice.
Islam is indeed a war plan.
It’s time to extirpate islam with extreme prejudice.
No mercy and no remorse.
L
I heard about this after Divine Liturgy this morning—one of my fellow parishioners (at my OCA parish) follows the [mainstream media] news on his mobile phone on Sunday morning before the Service. (I go news-free unit Sunday afternoon.)
Memory Eternal!!!!
Another one of our parishioners is an Egyptian Coptic Christian. He says that that Cathedral was founded by the family of the late Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who had been UN Secretary General.
You don’t negotiate with mouth-foaming rabid mad dogs.
You don’t offer then doggie treats, or speak softly to them.
Congress and the Trump Administration must outlaw the US branches of the muslim Brotherhood, and all its associated organizations, including those big radical mosques and CAiR!!!!
And we must NOT allow the resulting demonstrations and riots by liberal protestant and Catholic shills—plus vast numbers of paid Soros operatives—deter us from closing those mosques, etc.
muslims get out!!!! muslims stay out!!!!
The Muslim Brotherhood must be saddened they are losing their seats in the whitehouse.
Peace! Islam is a religion of peace!
Why We Are Afraid, A 1400 Year Secret, by Dr Bill Warner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Qpy0mXg8Y
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