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Egypt - The Egyptian Government Increases the State Subsidy to the Families of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya
Agenzia Fides ^ | 3/12/22

Posted on 03/15/2022 6:08:56 PM PDT by marshmallow

Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The families of Coptic Christians massacred in February 2015 by jihadists linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State continue to receive monthly the pension allowance that the Egyptian State reserves for victims of terrorism and members of the military and security apparatus who fall in the exercise of their work.

This allowance has increased considerably over the years, from 1500 to 3555 Egyptian pounds per month. This measure was confirmed by Ms Nevin al Kabbaj, Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity, who is also the Executive Director of the Special Fund created to honor those killed or missing during security operations or as a result of terrorist acts. The retirement allowance - she assured - will be paid to the families of the 20 Egyptian Copts as well as to that of their Ghanaian colleague Luke Najat Anis, who shared the same fate and the same martyrdom as them.

The political decision to provide the families of the Coptic martyrs of Libya with a one-time financial contribution of 100,000 Egyptian liras, followed by a monthly pension subsidy of 1,500 liras paid by the Egyptian state, had already matured in 2015. Initially, the family of the Ghanaian martyr had been ruled out due to lack of documents. From now on, the payment of pension benefits to the families of the martyrs of Libya is applied according to the parameters stipulated by Law No. 16 of 2018, which regulates the management of the honorary fund created for the benefit of relatives of victims fallen as a result of military, terrorist and security operations.

The 20 Egyptian Copts and their Ghanaian co-worker were kidnapped in Libya in early January 2015. The video of their beheading was posted online by jihadist sites on February 15. The mortal remains of the Copts killed......

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TOPICS: Current Events; History; Orthodox Christian; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: 201502; alsisi; coors; copts; egypt; erdogan; ghana; iran; iraq; isis; kurdistan; lebanon; libya; martyrs; receptayyiperdogan; turkey; yemen

1 posted on 03/15/2022 6:08:56 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Nice to hear, and not surprising by al Sisi.


2 posted on 03/15/2022 6:20:46 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: BobL

Al Sisi prevented the genocide of the Christian Copts by Obama’s Muslim Brotherhood.

Then the USA had the gall to sanction Al Sisi and his government for the military take-over which stopped the civil war Obama and the CIA had started.


3 posted on 03/15/2022 6:59:48 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

“Then the USA had the gall to sanction Al Sisi and his government for the military take-over which stopped the civil war Obama and the CIA had started.”

To f-up literally EVERYTHING, it has to be intentional.


4 posted on 03/15/2022 7:02:18 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Victims of Obama/Hitlery/Biden/Kerry.

5 posted on 03/15/2022 11:24:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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