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| Islamic State vows more attacks on Egypt’s Christians |
| 2017-02-21 |
| [aisraelTimes] An Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group affiliate in Egypt released a video Monday showing the jacket wallah who killed nearly 30 people when he attacked a packed church in December and vowing more attacks on the country’s Christian. A narrator says in the 20-minute video that the Egyptian Christians are the murderous Moslem group’s "favorite prey." The video shows footage of Egypt’s Coptic Christian pope, Christian businessmen, judges and priests who either speak of the need to protect the minority or use derogatory terms to refer to Egypt’s Moslem majority. The narrator says Christians were no longer "dhimmis," a reference to non-Moslems in Islam who enjoy a degree of state protection. Instead, the group describes the Christians as "infidels" who are empowering the West against Moslem nations. "God gave orders to kill every infidel," one of the Death Eaters carrying an AK-47 assault rifle says in the video. Egypt’s Coptic Christians, who make up around 10 percent of the population, have been always a favorite target of Islamic murderous Moslems. Attacks on churches by Moslem mobs increased since the 2013 military overthrow of an Islamist president. Christians overwhelmingly supported the army chief-turned-president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, and hard boyz have used such support as a pretext to increase attacks against them. The video carries the logo "Egypt" instead of the normal "Wilayat Sinai" or the state of Sinai. Wilayat Sinai, the name of the IS branch in Sinai, has grabbed credit for dozens of suicide kabooms and attacks, mainly targeting security forces and military across the country but primarily in Sinai Peninsula, where the army has been leading an anti-terrorism operation for years. The IS message comes at a time when attacks on Coptic Christians have escalated in Sinai. In the past month, at least three Christians were bumped off in separate drive-by shooting attacks in the city of el-Arish. Sissi has repeatedly assured Egypt’s Christians of his goodwill toward the community, visiting the seat of the Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo on major holidays, but many in the ancient community complain that very little has changed in their lives since Sissi took office in 2014, especially in rural areas where Moslem bully boyz frequently attack Christian homes and businesses over a range of issues, including the construction or restoration of churches, land disputes or sexual affairs between members of each community. |
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