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3 Muslim Women Died Defending Christians on Palm Sunday
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Megan Bailey
Three Muslim female police officers are being praised as heroes after attempting to save the lives of Coptic Christians that were being targeted in two attacks that took place in Egypt on Sunday. The suicide bombings were claimed by ISIS, who has been ramping up attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt in recent months. General…
Egypt’s Christians weep as rioters target their churches, homes, businesses … and children
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Christian nuns are paraded through the streets like prisoners of war. Scores of churches and Christian schools smolder in vandalized ruins. Christian children are being gunned down on the street. “The words are heavy to put together this morning,” writes an anguished Egyptian Christian leader. “The sad day of yesterday,” he wrote to the Netherlands-based Christian…
Panel Cites Egypt for Religious Freedom Violations
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Beliefnet News Editor
By ADELLE M. BANKS c. 2011 Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A religious freedom watchdog panel has added Egypt to its list of the worst violators of religious liberty, citing attacks on Coptic Christians that occurred surrounding the downfall of former President Hosni Mubarak. “The Egyptian government engaged in and tolerated religious freedom violations both…
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