Posted on 07/15/2017 4:51:38 PM PDT by marshmallow
The streams of blood from defenseless Copts massacred by Islamist extremists continue to drench Egypt--with no end in sight.
Three more Coptic were found dead in a span of eight days from the last week of June to the first week of July, with a fourth victim killed in late May, World Watch Monitor reported.
Even as the Coptic Orthodox Church held another memorial service on July 3 commemorating 40 days since the bus attack in Minya that killed 29 Copts on Ascension Day, hopes for an end to the sectarian killings remain dim.
Although the Coptic community has remained steadfast in their faith and has bravely faced the danger of living in a country where they faced intense persecution, some have expressed exasperation at the inability of the Egyptian government to protect them, adding that they have grown tired of being "martyrs" for their homeland.
The Egyptian government tried to flex its muscle and show the world that it does not condone extremist violence when it launched airstrikes recently on supposed militant-affiliated camps in Libya, which Egyptian authorities said had been involved in planning and executing attacks on Copts.
However, this action has done little to convince Copts that their government can protect them.
The U.S. embassy in Cairo had warned the Egyptian government of a possible terrorist attack two days before the bus attack in Minya on May 26. However, Copt leaders said the warning did not prompt the authorities to increase security measures, according to World Watch Monitor.
Before the wave of terrorist attacks began, the Coptic Church supported Abdel Fattah el-Sisi when he came to power during the 2013 revolution that overthrew the Muslim Brotherhood government of former President Mohamed Morsi.
At that time, Copts saw Sisi as their "savior," the leader who would turn Egypt......
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Then fight. Quit waiting for a political savior. The only downside I can see is if you start kicking the goat lovers butts too hard is they’ll apply for asylum in the US.
To hell with Islam where it belongs.
These are not sectarian killings. To my knowledge, these are Muslim murders.
It’s simple. Get rid of the martyr mentality and stop turning the other cheek and start kicking balls instead.
I’m sure by now they’ve exhausted cheeks to turn.
We’ll take Copts in exchange for Syrian refugees!
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