{"id":12111,"date":"2013-08-20T12:18:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T16:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=12111"},"modified":"2013-08-20T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T19:12:01","slug":"egypts-christians-weep-as-rioters-target-their-churches-homes-businesses-and-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2013\/08\/egypts-christians-weep-as-rioters-target-their-churches-homes-businesses-and-kids","title":{"rendered":"Egypt’s Christians weep as rioters target their churches, homes, businesses … and children"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0gunned down on the street.<\/p>\n

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A young Egyptian Christian surveys the ruins of his church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe words are heavy to put together this morning,\u201d writes an anguished Egyptian Christian leader. \u201cThe sad day of yesterday,\u201d he wrote<\/a> to the Netherlands-based Christian advocacy group Open Doors<\/a>, \u201cresulted in a sleepless night not only for me, but also for millions of Christian and Muslim Egyptians who love this country and genuinely seek its good and welfare.\u201dAfter decades of relative stability in the volatile Middle East, Egypt has\u00a0descended into violence. The militant Muslim Brotherhood is calling for armed confrontation with the Egyptian military, which deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi \u2013 and Egypt’s 7 million Christians are being targeted by angry mobs.<\/p>\n

\"Rioters<\/a>
Rioters target a Coptic church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chaos has ensued with the United States supporting the anti-American, but freely elected, Muslim Brotherhood-backed ex-president and cutting off aid to the military. That move by the Obama Administration came after Egyptian forces launched a bloody crackdown on Brotherhood street protests. Iran stepped up to support the protesters while Russia and Saudi Arabia bolstered their support of\u00a0 Continued on Page Two<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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