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An old drama highlighting the ongoing but wholly unacknowledged Muslim persecution of Christians is once again playing out in one of its primary theaters: Egypt. On April 23, in al-Fawakhir village, more than 500 Muslims savagely attacked and torched
[O]ne young seminarian, Brother Na'aman, 25, who was on the verge of completing his priesthood training, was burned alive. Police were contacted even before the attack, but came only after the terrorists had fled. — Morning Star News, September 8, 2023,
Churches in Egypt are harassed islands in a sea of mosques, thanks to Islamist bias in the government.
. According to a May 19, 2021 Arabic-language report, Egypt’s Ministry of Endowments just announced that, since September 2020, 1,413 mosques—1,315 of which are brand new—were opened in the North Africa nation. This announcement underscores the double standards that Christians and Muslims can expect in Egypt. For inasmuch as mosques proliferate all throughout the nation, building new or even renovating old churches is like pulling teeth for Copts. According to one detailed study by author Adel Guindy, “there is one church per 5,800 Orthodox Copts”; this forces many C...