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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Egyptian Copts

Egyptian Coptic Christian priests pray during the Easter Eve service at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, April 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
June 12, 2022, 11:24 am
Egypt court sentences man to death for killing Coptic priest on seaside promenade
Nehru Tawfiq, 60, an Islamist with an extremist background, convicted of murdering 56-year-old Arsanious Wadid in sectarian attack; his lawyers say killing not deliberate
By AP
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, speaks during the inauguration of the massive Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in Egypt's New Administrative Capital (45 kilometers or 28 miles east of Cairo), on January 6, 2019. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP)
January 6, 2019, 11:13 pm
Egypt’s Sissi inaugurates cathedral, mosque in new capital
President opens new church under heavy security, hours after a police officer was killed trying to defuse bomb planted near a Cairo church
By Hamza Hendawi
In this December 4, 2018, photo, journalist and author Shady Lewis Botros poses with a copy of his book, "Ways of the Lord," in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
December 13, 2018, 1:40 pm
Egyptian novel explores Christians under controlling church
Persecuted by authorities and often wrongly accused without basis of collaborating with Israel, Copts don’t always find comfort even in their own religious institutions
By Hamza Hendawi
In this November 3, 2018 file photo, coffins of Coptic Christians slain in an Islamic State terror attack lie in the Church of Great Martyr Prince Tadros during their funeral service in Minya, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
November 4, 2018, 3:11 pm
Egypt says it killed 19 in shootout with perpetrators of attack on Christians
Gunmen had killed 7 pilgrims Friday in Islamic State assault on the road to remote desert monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor
By Hamza Hendawi
Illustrative: A screen capture taken from Egypt's state-run Nile News TV shows the remains of the bus that was attacked while carrying Coptic Christians in Minya province on May 26, 2017. (AFP/Nile News)
November 2, 2018, 4:24 pm
Gunmen kill 7 in attack on bus carrying Christian pilgrims in Egypt
Coptic Church says bus was travelling to monastery south of Cairo; officials say another 12 wounded in assault
By AP
In this file photo taken at a funeral procession at the Monastery of Marmina in the city of Borg El-Arab, east of Alexandria, Egypt, on April 10, 2017, mourners carry a large cross and the coffin of one of the victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark's church in Alexandria the previous day. (Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP)
October 11, 2018, 6:13 pm
Egypt condemns 17 to death for jihadist church attacks
74 people were killed in Islamic State attacks in 2016 and 2017 targeting Coptic Christians in Cairo, Alexandria, and Tanta
By AFP
In this February 5, 2013, file photo, a clergyman prays during an early morning mass at the historic al-Muharraq Monastery, in the province of Assiut, Egypt. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
September 27, 2018, 6:27 pm
Autopsy shows Egyptian monk set to testify in abbot killing was poisoned
Zeinoun al-Maqari died a day before he was scheduled to speak to prosecution about St. Macarius monastery leader killed amid power struggle
By Hamza Hendawi
Egypt Coptic Pope Tawadros II leads the Christmas Eve mass at the Nativity of Christ Cathedral in Egypt's new administrative capital, 45km east of Cairo, on January 6, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
January 6, 2018, 10:44 pm
Egyptian Copts mark Christmas Eve after bloody year
‘You are our family, you are from us, we are one and no one will divide us,’ President Sissi tells adoring crowds
By Maram Mazen
Egyptians gather during the funeral of the victims of the attack on the Saint Mina Coptic church, on December 29, 2017, at a church south of the capital Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / Samer ABDALLAH)
January 5, 2018, 10:01 am
Egypt Copts to celebrate Christmas after bloody year
Police boosting security around churches after more than 100 Christians killed in terror attacks in past 12 months
By Aziz El Massassi
An Egyptian soldier stands guard outside the Saint Joseph Catholic Church ahead of New Year's Eve mass in Cairo on December 31, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
January 1, 2018, 3:39 pm
Two Christians killed in New Year attack on Egypt liquor store
Police investigating motive of attacker who opened fire from back of motorcycle taxi while revelers were celebrating
By AFP
A policeman stands guard in front of Mar Mina church after a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group, in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, on December 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
December 31, 2017, 8:05 pm
Witnesses: Residents prevented much worse attack in Egypt
Gunman who killed at least 9 on Friday walked around for 20 minutes before civilians overpowered him; it took police another 10 minutes to arrive
By Hamza Hendawi
A policeman stands guard in front of Mar Mina church, in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
December 30, 2017, 4:26 pm
Video shows Egypt’s church gunman calmly walking away
Footage contrasts with self-congratulatory pro-government media coverage of the attack, which praised police response
By Agencies
Egyptian security members and forensic police inspect the site of a gun attack outside a church south of the capital Cairo, on December 29, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Samer ABDALLAH)
December 29, 2017, 11:02 pm
Islamic State claims deadly attack on Egypt church
Gunman’s shooting spree at Coptic house of worship leaves at least 9 dead south of Cairo in latest assault on nation’s Christians
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative image of relatives and onlookers gathered outside a church after a bomb attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt, Sunday, April 9, 2017 (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem)
December 29, 2017, 1:56 pm
Gunman kills 10 in attack on church near Cairo
Attacker wearing bulky ammunition vest shot dead after firing at security guards, trying to storm building; police searching for possible accomplice
By AFP
Egyptian policemen inspect the scene of an attack which killed five of their colleagues in a shooting near Badrasheen, some 20 km. (12 miles) from Cairo, on July 14, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmed Abd El-Gawad)
December 18, 2017, 8:08 pm
Police kill five militants in shootout near Cairo
10 additional suspects arrested as part of sting on group said plotting to attack churches
By AP and ToI Staff
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