Blast inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral kills at least 20, injures 35

[Peaceful Civilian]

Sad news. RIP...

 

[Al-Andalus]

A very sad incident in a long list of such attacks this week.

Radical muslims killed more non muslims again today, in many places, and you see mischief in my online comments? Become human first, before labelling others.

What are you doing in the UAE if Muslims bother you this much? Is it not about time for you to return to India where 200 million Muslim Indians will welcome you back with open arms?

Maybe someone should report your anti-Muslim/anti-Arab behavior so you can get deported from the UAE. If you are indeed based in the UAE and if I had access to your IP it would take 5 minutes for me to fill such a complaint.

I believe that all your likes should be deported from the GCC and instead fellow Arabs should be welcomed.

@alarabi when will our leaderships wake up and deport such unwanted aliens once and for all? What is their use exactly? Everything they do can be done by locals or other Arabs. When the GCC had much lower populations and when rapid industrialization (almost unmatched anywhere in the world) occurred cheap labour and lots of it was necessary but TODAY?

You know my opinion about such unwanted aliens and what should be done and thankfully I see that most people share the same view and eventually this will (for obvious reasons) change for the better. That time cannot come soon enough!

 

[Stag112]

A very sad incident in a long list of such attacks this week.



What are you doing in the UAE if Muslims bother you this much? Is it not about time for you to return to India where 200 million Muslim Indians will welcome you back with open arms?

Maybe someone should report your anti-Muslim behavior so you can get deported from the UAE. If you are indeed based in the UAE and if I had access to your IP it would take 5 minutes for me to fill such a complaint.

I believe that all your likes should be deported from the GCC and instead fellow Arabs should be welcomed.

@alarabi when will our leaderships wake up and deport such unwanted aliens once and for all?

Criticising

1 radical muslims who carried out this act
And
2 those who tried to protect the terrorists by blaming it on Jews

Is anti Islam?

You may be bringing more disrepute to your religion than I can even if I tried.

 

[Al-Andalus]

Criticising

1 radical muslims who carried out this act
And
2 those who tried to protect the terrorists by blaming it on Jews

Is anti Islam?

You may be bringing more disrepute to your religion than I can even if I tried.

I just took a quick look at your user history. Nice try though, idiot.

I believe that you should be honest with yourself and return to your largely impoverished country instead of living in highly-developed Arab lands as it appears obvious that you have some kind of problem with Muslims and Arabs.

We the citizens do not want your likes living in our lands/region/Arab world. I rather (1 billion times more) prefer to welcome fellow Arabs. What are you doing anyway? Working in some call center or other useless business?

Our leaders have been way too soft in this regard. Not only that many of your likes steal jobs from locals, especially youth due to being willing to work for lower wages and for a longer time each day. Fake degrees and unwanted behavior are topics for themselves.

But rest assured the direction things are moving, most of your likes will eventually be deported or become surplus to requirements. Until then we should keep a close watch on your likes and strike with an iron fist whenever you engage in unwanted activities.

 

[alarabi]

A very sad incident in a long list of such attacks this week.



What are you doing in the UAE if Muslims bother you this much? Is it not about time for you to return to India where 200 million Muslim Indians will welcome you back with open arms?

Maybe someone should report your anti-Muslim/anti-Arab behavior so you can get deported from the UAE. If you are indeed based in the UAE and if I had access to your IP it would take 5 minutes for me to fill such a complaint.

I believe that all your likes should be deported from the GCC and instead fellow Arabs should be welcomed.

@alarabi when will our leaderships wake up and deport such unwanted aliens once and for all? What is their use exactly? Everything they do can be done by locals or other Arabs. When the GCC had much lower populations and when rapid industrialization (almost unmatched anywhere in the world) occurred cheap labour and lots of it was necessary but TODAY?

You know my opinion about such unwanted aliens and what should be done and thankfully I see that most people share the same view and eventually this will (for obvious reasons) change for the better. That time cannot come soon enough!

By the way, UAE just released a new strict law against hate, discrimination and attacking Islam crimes whether it's on the internet or in person. If you reported this guy to UAE authorities over his comments probably they will put him in jail for 5 years and he needs to pay at least 250 thousands dirhum

http://www.uaezoom.com/about-uae/قانون-الجرائم-الإلكترونية-الإمارات/

 

[Al-Andalus]

By the way, UAE just released a new strict law against hate, discrimination and attacking Islam crimes whether it's on the internet or in person. If you reported this guy to UAE authorities over his comments probably they will put him in jail for 5 years and he needs to pay at least 250 thousands dirhum

http://www.uaezoom.com/about-uae/قانون-الجرائم-الإلكترونية-الإمارات/

I would if I had access to his IP and if he really lived in the UAE. Only the moderators here know this. But sure his likes should be punished or at least deported. We don't want them here. We the citizens all across the GCC should keep a close watch on every foreigner and his views and see whether they conflict with the states that they live in, as we live in times where traitors and other plotters are rampant.

Therefore it was good that Hezbollah families/Hezbollah supporters were deported from GCC. We should do the same with Iraqi Shia terrorist militias.

 

[Aramagedon]

R.I.P

 

[Hindustani78]

Reuters / Sunday, December 11, 2016
A nun cries as she stands at the scene inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral, following a bombing, in Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

 

[Baybars Han]

Rip

 

[ISI-1]

Radical muslims killed more non muslims again today, in many places, and you see mischief in my online comments? Become human first, before labelling others.

And a hypocritical Zionist Hindu speaks, amazing...

Open war is going on in many different parts of the world.

These wars are due to the natural resources and trade routes .



Indian Government has asked the Myanmar Government Via UN to stop the killings of Rohingas.

Yet the Zionist Hindu government continues unabated in the torture and killing of Kashmiris amongst others in al-Hind...

 

[Hindustani78]

Reuters / Monday, December 12, 2016
Relatives of Ensaf Adel, a Christian woman who was killed in the bombing of Cairo's main Coptic cathedral, carry her body to bury her at the Mokattam Cemetery in Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

 

[Hindustani78]

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1023376/middle-east
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said on Monday a suicide bomber carried out the attack that killed 25 people at Cairo’s Coptic cathedral, the deadliest on the Christian minority in years.

Speaking at a state funeral for the victims, El-Sisi said four people had been detained, including a woman, and security forces were seeking two more people believed to be involved. The bomber was a man wearing a suicide vest, he added

“The attack brought us great pain but we will never be torn apart,” he said. “We will only be much stronger. We will hold steadfast and, God willing, we will succeed.”

At least 25 people were killed and 49 wounded when a bomb exploded in a chapel adjoining St. Mark’s Cathedral, Cairo’s largest church and seat of the Coptic papacy, where security is normally tight.

Security sources said a bomb containing at least 12 kg (26 pounds) of TNT exploded on a side of the church normally used by women.

El-Sisi did not name the organization the attackers were believed to belong to. No group has claimed responsibility, but exiled Muslim Brotherhood officials and local militant groups have joined the international community in condemnation.
Only Daesh supporters celebrated on social media. The group has also claimed attacks in Cairo and urged its supporters to launch attacks around the world as it goes on the defensive in its Iraqi and Syrian strongholds.

The Interior Ministry released a picture of the bomber it identified as Mahmoud Shafik Mohamed Mostafa, 22, whose nom de guerre was Abu Dajjana Al-Kanani. It also released an image of what it said was the battered head of the dead bomber, who hailed from the town of Fayyoum south of Cairo. State news agency MENA reported that three of those arrested are also from Fayyoum while a fourth is from the Cairo suburb of Matariya. Both are areas typically associated with strong support for the Muslim Brotherhood.

El-Sisi and Coptic Pope Tawadros II led the funeral procession and the coffins were draped in the national flag.
Tawadros sought to heal any sectarian friction caused by the attack, saying it “is not just a disaster for the Church but a disaster for the whole nation.” He also condemned attacks against the security forces.

“Those who commit acts such as this do not belong to Egypt at all, even if they are on its land,” he said.

At the chapel where the bombing took place, the floor was covered in debris from shattered windows, wooden pews blasted apart and pillars blackened. Here and there lay abandoned shoes and patches of blood.


At the burial, families arrayed in black queued as a priest called out the names of their deceased relatives before they were interred. A church chorus sung hymns over the cries of those grieving.

Ayman Nosyeh described the shock of seeing his cousin’s remains. “Only her mouth was left from her face, her head was empty, like an empty watermelon. I’m the one who put her in the bag. It was a very difficult scene,” he said.
Though Christians traditionally support the government, the attack provoked anger among survivors and families of the dead, who said police had failed to protect them.

Five survivors at Dar Al-Shefa hospital said police did not conduct the usual checks as the cathedral was particularly busy for Sunday’s mass.

Crowds outside the cathedral on Sunday demanded revenge. Some chanted “the people demand the fall of the regime,” the rallying cry of the 2011 revolt that ended Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule.

“There were police cars stationed in front of the church gates ... they were too busy eating breakfast and drinking tea and soda. They weren’t doing their job,” said Hani Gaballah, 43, a retired military officer.

El-Sisi dismissed accusations of a security failure and called for tighter anti-terrorism laws to help crush militants. “We will not let this go even after we have arrested them,” he said.

Parliament speaker Ali Abdelaal said the constitution would be amended if needed to create tougher laws on terrorism.
Orthodox Copts, who comprise about 10 percent of Egypt’s 90 million people, are the Middle East’s largest Christian community. They face regular attack by Muslim neighbors, who burn their homes and churches in poor rural areas, usually in anger over an inter-faith romance or church construction.

The last major attack on a church took place as worshippers left a New Year’s service in Alexandria weeks before the start of the 2011 uprising. At least 21 people were killed but no one has been punished.

Middle Eastern Christians have felt increasingly insecure since Daesh spread through Iraq and Syria in 2014, systematically targeting religious minorities.

 

[Hindustani78]

http://zeenews.india.com/world/15-dead-in-egypt-church-bombing-1994366.html

Cairo: At least 15 people were killed and 42 others injured on Sunday in a powerful explosion inside a Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian Nile delta city of Tanta.

Sources said that the explosion took place inside the Mar Gerges Coptic Church.

The primary investigations suggest that a person put an explosive device inside the church during the Christian prayers celebrating the Palm Sunday, the sources said.

No official statement has been released.

State media put the death toll at 15.

Egypt's Christian minority has often been targeted by Islamist militants. Egypt has seen a wave of attacks by militants since 2013 when the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi, an elected leader who hailed from the Muslim Brotherhood, and launched a crackdown against Islamists.

Palm Sunday falls on Sunday before the Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels.

Coptic Christians make up about 10 per cent of Egypt?s population of 85 million.


First Published: Sunday, April 9, 2017 - 14:15

 

[T-72M1]

http://zeenews.india.com/world/15-dead-in-egypt-church-bombing-1994366.html

Cairo: At least 15 people were killed and 42 others injured on Sunday in a powerful explosion inside a Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian Nile delta city of Tanta.

Sources said that the explosion took place inside the Mar Gerges Coptic Church.

The primary investigations suggest that a person put an explosive device inside the church during the Christian prayers celebrating the Palm Sunday, the sources said.

No official statement has been released.

State media put the death toll at 15.

Egypt's Christian minority has often been targeted by Islamist militants. Egypt has seen a wave of attacks by militants since 2013 when the military overthrew President Mohammed Morsi, an elected leader who hailed from the Muslim Brotherhood, and launched a crackdown against Islamists.

Palm Sunday falls on Sunday before the Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels.

Coptic Christians make up about 10 per cent of Egypt?s population of 85 million.


First Published: Sunday, April 9, 2017 - 14:15

why do you keep bumping your old threads ?

unless it's a sticky, make a new thread for new news.

idiot.

 

[Hindustani78]

why do you keep bumping your old threads ?

unless it's a sticky, make a new thread for new news.

idiot.

Well the Egyptian nation will understand what they are dealing with. Please doesnt do these things in the name of Messiah.

In this Feb. 17, 2015 file photo, Pope Tawadros II, the pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, walks to his office at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt state media said on Sunday, that a blast had wounded people outside a church in Alexandria where the Coptic pope had earlier celebrated Palm Sunday. | Photo Credit: AP

http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...-christians/article17897472.ece?homepage=true


The Copts trace their history to the dawn of Christianity, when Egypt was integrated into the Roman and later the Byzantine empire.

Copts, targets of an apparent church bombing north of Cairo on Sunday, are the Middle East’s largest Christian minority and one of the oldest.

Making up about 10% of Egypt’s population of 90 million, the Coptic Orthodox form the largest Christian denomination in the Muslim-majority country.

Here is a recap of their history, their status today and recent attacks against them.

'Dawn of Christianity'

The Copts trace their history to the dawn of Christianity, when Egypt was integrated into the Roman and later the Byzantine empire.

The word "Copt" comes from the same root as the word for "Egyptian" in ancient Greek.

The community's decline started with the Arab invasions of the 7th century and the progressive Islamisation of the country, which today is largely Sunni Muslim.

Several churches and monasteries in Egypt are built on sites Copts believe were visited by the Holy Family.

The Bible says Joseph, Mary and Jesus sought refuge in Egypt after Christ’s birth to escape a massacre of newborns ordered by King Harod.

Copts today

Copts, represented in all social classes, are present across the whole country, with the strongest concentration in central and southern Egypt.

Most adhere to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, headed since 2012 by Pope Tawadros II. A minority is divided between Coptic Catholics and various Coptic Protestant branches.

Tawadros, who succeeded pope Shenuda III, was chosen by a blindfolded altar boy picking his name from a chalice, according to tradition.

The Catholic Copts, who form part of the Church's eastern rite, have been headed by patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak since 2013.

The Vatican says some 165,000 Catholic Copts lived in Egypt in 2010.

Poorly represented in government, Copts complain that they are sidelined from many posts in the justice system, universities and the police.

Authorities often refuse to issue building permits for churches, arguing it would disturb the peace with their Muslim neighbours.

- Deadly violence -

Egypt's Copts have been the target of several deadly attacks since the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime president Hosni Mubarak.

On January 1, 2011, more than 20 people died in the unclaimed bombing of a Coptic church in Egypt's second city, Alexandria.

In March the same year, 13 people were killed in clashes between Muslims and Copts in Cairo's working class neighbourhood of Moqattam, where around 1,000 Christians had gathered to protest over the torching of a church.

In May 2011, clashes between Muslims and Copts left 15 dead in the Cairo neighbourhood of Imbaba, where two churches were attacked.

That October, almost 30 people -- mostly Coptic Christians -- were killed after the army charged at a protest in Cairo to denounce the torching of a church in southern Egypt.

The 2013 ouster of Mubarak's elected Islamist successor Mohamed Morsi after just one year in power sparked further attacks against Christians.

Pro-Morsi Islamists accused the Christian community of supporting his overthrow.

They pointed to the appearance of Tawadros alongside President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on television in July 2013 as the then army chief, also surrounded by Muslim and opposition figures, announced Morsi's removal.

The next month, security forces used deadly force to break up two pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo.

The following two weeks saw attacks against more than 40 churches across the country, according to Human Rights Watch.

Amnesty International later said more than 200 Christian-owned properties were attacked and 43 churches seriously damaged, with at least four people killed.

In December last year, a suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed 29 worshippers during a Sunday mass in Cairo.

A spate of deadly jihadist-linked attacks in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula in February prompted some Coptic families to flee their homes.

About 250 Christians took refuge in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya after IS released a video calling for attacks against the minority.

Pope Francis is set to visit Cairo late this month for talks with the grand imam of the capital's famed Al-Azhar mosque and to show solidarity with Coptic Christians.