Christian minorities in the Middle East and Muslim countries were already scared for their lives, but this “Christianophobia” crisis has become even more obvious in the wake of a bombing that killed at least 21 worshipers and injured about a hundred at a Coptic Church in Egypt on New Year’s Day.

Check out these links:

• Tragic New Year for Egyptian Christians (GetReligion)
• Pope begins new year with renewed appeals for persecuted Christians (Catholic News Agency)
• Clashes grow as Egyptians remain angry after attack (New York Times) 
• Bombing opens vein of Christian anger in Egypt (AP)
• Copts return to scene of deadly bombing in Egypt (CNN)

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