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Islamic State claims responsibility for the two church bombings in Egypt

Apr 9, 2017 12:58 pm By Robert Spencer

The Express reported on February 21 that “Islamic State militants in Egypt have threatened to increase attacks against Christians in the country, vowing to ‘liberate’ Cairo, in a chilling new video. In the 20-minute clip, the group singles out prominent Christian Egyptians, identifying the Coptic Pope and a number of wealthy businessmen as the group’s ‘favourite prey.’”

“ISIS claims responsibility for 2 church bombings in Egypt that killed dozens,” by Michael Edison Hayden, ABC News, April 9, 2017:

ISIS has claimed responsibility for two attacks on churches in Egypt that were packed for Palm Sunday services, according to its news agency.

The attacks follow warnings by the terrorist group that it would escalate attacks on Egypt’s Christians, which according to an estimate by the CIA make up roughly 10 percent of the country’s population.

Two bombs killed at least 37 people and injured around 100 others on Palm Sunday. The first exploded in a Coptic Christian church in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, and the second several hours later at Saint Mark’s Cathedral in the coastal city of Alexandria, the historic seat of Christendom in Egypt.

Graphic images shared on social media by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, and taken by wire services, show the horrific aftermath of the twin blasts: Pews are shattered across large swaths of the Mar Girgis Coptic Church in Tanta, where at least 26 people were killed and more than 70 others were wounded — blood and shredded prayer books are streaked across the floors.

In Alexandria, where at least 11 people were killed and 35 others were wounded, rescue workers at the chaotic scene used blankets to carry the victims through the debris and crowds of people to waiting orange emergency vehicles.

The blast at Saint Mark’s Cathedral occurred just after the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Pope Tawadros II, finished services, The Associated Press reported. His aides later told local media that he had escaped unharmed….

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  1. Berengaria says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 1:09 pm

    Ever since HW Bush, our leaders have entered the battle on the side of the MUSLIMS, & thst betrayal has lost us CHRISTIANITY IN THE ME.

    This is the UN Agenda being played out on the WORLD’s Stage, cowardly Western Leaders are to blame.

    • mortimer says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 1:43 pm

      Ironically, WESTERN CHURCHES WILL BE ATTACKED too because CALIPH al BAGHDADI has commanded it.

      Caliph al Baghdadi is doing a great teaching Western people that Islam is NOT peace and that it IS JIHAD.

      Ordinary, ‘nice’ Muslims are DOING THE JIHAD … it is NOT the well-known people who are making the attacks… the people police are watching. IT IS ORDINARY MUSLIMS WHO ARE DOING THE SUICIDE ATTACKS.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 4:22 pm

      These Churches was attacked by Muslims, not by the West.

    • Roy C says

      Apr 10, 2017 at 9:52 pm

      Right on: Here’s a very serious question for conservatives. Given the ongoing slaughter of Christians in the middle east lets go over Obama’s non-reaction to this horror throughout his presidency – odd for a supposed Christian – and compare this with his hatred for Fox news and conservative talk radio witch he endlessly bitched and moaned about. How many conservatives called him out on this? Not many – frightened to death to be called a racist. At least Trump talks about it and may actually attempt to seriously address these obscene murders of Christians.

  2. Walter Sieruk says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 1:16 pm

    The violent and vicious Muslims who are jihadists of ISIS in their murderous persecution of Christians aren’t really going to get away with their destruction of Christians. As the apostle Paul had written each individual Christian is actually, in the View of God, a temple of God. For to Christians, it is written in the Bible “Don’t you know that that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s Temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.” First Corinthians 3:16,17. [N.I.V.] As in “A man reaps what he sows.” Galatians 6:7.

    • Rex Edwin Robards says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 3:30 pm

      All are sinners. The wages of sin are death.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 4:27 pm

        Sure–all men are sinners.

        But do you *really* consider the victims of these horrific bombings as guilty as the Jihadists who murdered them?

  3. Terry says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 2:11 pm

    Walter- your theology and quotes, I am sure are accurate.

    But 40 or more people were killed today– the article lists 37 dead and over 100 injured. (I am sured that of the over 100- 3 or more will die).

    And what Paul wrote thousands of years ago, is, in my view (I am not a Christian-but know many, some are or were friends) that is of little solace to their murdered family and friends.

    According to the article- Christians are about 10% of the population- what are they doing? It seems, nothing

    Like the Christians in Iraq- seems that they ( along with all of the other people there) had weapons and ammunition when the US and Britain and Australian troops were there, but seems to have nothing when they left- just waiting to be slaughtered..

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Apr 10, 2017 at 7:48 am

      You write – “According to the article- Christians are about 10% of the population- what are they doing? It seems, nothing”.

      They are hopelessly outnumbered, and they are NOT in one single bloc that they could fortify and defend; they are scattered in villages and neighbourhoods, tiny islands drowning in a sea of Islam, Islam, Islam.

      Christian Egypt was subjugated by Muslim invaders (who seem to have used deceit and ‘split the camp’ techniques, back in the day, as well as outright violence) 1200 years ago.

      There was no such thing as firearms back in the 8th century. The Copts were deceived, and then they were overwhelmed and terrorised by continual atrocities. They *did* fight back, often, in the first centuries; and every time they fought back, they were massacred wholesale.

      Read Bat Yeor’s article “A Christian Minority: The Copts in Egypt” which gives you an overview of the history.

      http://www.dhimmitude.org/archive/by_copts_1976.pdf

      Then read this, by Mark Durie.

      http://markdurie.blogspot.com/2009/11/abduction-and-islamization-of-christian.html

      And this, by the same author.

      http://markdurie.blogspot.com/2011/10/double-bind-upon-copts-dhimmitude-in.html

      Monday, October 10, 2011
      A Double-Bind Upon the Copts: dhimmitude in action

      And if you have not read Bat Yeor’s full-length tomes on dhimmitude – The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under islam, or The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam, or Islam and dhimmitude – or Rev Dr Mark Durie’s brilliant distillation of the material Bat Yeor brought to light, with his own research and insights thrown in, “The third choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom”, yoiu MUST.

      Then you might begin to understand.

      They would require to be all together in one location that was economically viable and geographically defensible… but they are not.

      They would require to have basic military and weapons training; but they do not, and they are probably actively prevented from doing so.

      And they would need *outside* help (with weaponry and aid-and-counsel)… and right now, do you really believe that there is any Infidel nation-state that would have the guts and moral clarity to do so?

      Frankly, what the Copts need is Aegyptia Nova. Sinai, with Gaza Strip thrown in, and the canal (the idea being to have this vital piece of real estate – which ws created by Infidels, in the first place – solely under Infidel control). Given to them by the world’s infidels, to be an independent nation under *joint* protection from the US and Russia. EVERY Mohammedan in the new territory to be turfed out into Egypt; EVERY Copt from Egypt to make exodus into the new territory. Let Sinai + Suez Canal strip + Gaza Strip become for the Copts what Israel is for Jews. (And, frankly, only the creation of *Muslim-free* enclaves on suitable chunks of territory will make possible the longterm survival in the Levant of 1/ the Maronites of Lebanon and 2/ the Assyrian Christians (together with Yazidis and Mandaeans) of Syria and Iraq).

      But since the current lot of Infidel leaders are utterly incapable of even imagining something this let alone making it happen – and the Copts really do not have the power to do it unaided – then the next option is to make it possible for Copts to flee Egypt and come live in the Dar al Harb. I think we *can* put pressure on our governments to prioritise humanitarian visas for Copts…and ONLY for Copts, from Egypt; one MUST insist, over and over, louder and loiuder, unceasingly, that if we offer refuge to Copts we CANNOT and MUST NOT admit even one of the Egyptian Muslims, since it is ordinary bog-standard Muslims in Egypt, not just Ikhwan or Islamic State, who make life HELL for their Coptic neighbours.

  4. Terry says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 2:11 pm

    Has the pope in the vatican made a comment, yet? Like this is not true islam?

    • James.mich says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 2:21 pm

      I wish to God that he would condemn this murderous sex-n-death cult. If only.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 4:36 pm

      Yes–Pope Francis made a comment. It’s pretty damn weak, though. He asked God “to convert the hearts of those who spread terror, violence and death, and also the hearts of those who make, and traffic in, weapons.”

      In which case, he is lambasting Western arms manufacturers who are supplying weapons to *fight* Jihad just as much as he is the Jihadists themselves.

      He did say he would pray for the victims, at least.

      “Pope Francis, Trump Respond to Egypt Church Bombing”

      http://heavy.com/news/2017/04/pope-francis-egypt-coptic-church-bombing-donald-trump-statement-is-isis-responsible-alexandria-tanta/

      • Oliver says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 5:26 pm

        Marvelous, thank you Graven.

        The pope will “pray for the victims”. And meanwhile kiss the butts while he washes the feet of the Muslims.

      • Vic says

        Apr 9, 2017 at 5:58 pm

        Exactly, graven. The Pope’s view is that all are guilty and therefore we must pray for all so that all are redeemed. Therefore, no one is to blame. There is no such doctrine like that anywhere in the Bible. He takes verses out of context to support his Marxist views. Same m.o. when he was leading the flock in Buenos Aires. Never would lay blame on individuals. Sad.

        • Lioness says

          Apr 10, 2017 at 10:29 am

          The pope is a useful idiot dhimmi (and a communist), so what can you expect?

  5. James.mich says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 2:18 pm

    Lost for words, sorry. The spineless cowardice and licking of Mohammed’s putrefying rear end by the Catholic and Anglican clergy is a disgrace. The Catholic bishops are cowards – by not denouncing these crimes and their source, Islam, they make themselves parties to them, and encourage more of the same. I thought bishops were meant to give guidance to Christians, not be silent parties to these crimes. The embrace of Mo’s death cult by the recent Popes is an utter disgrace.

    • Rufolino says

      Apr 10, 2017 at 3:17 am

      Yes: a disgrace and a betrayal.

  6. just pass'n thru says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 2:46 pm

    Muslims know their religion isn’t perfect so they attack the ones that are-A true Christian will practice-love, joy-peace-happiness et cetera. Even moderate-closet – seeker sensitive one’s mean you no harm, however even a moderate muslim wants you dead if you don’t follow their sharia laws and worship their moon god, I ask -what are they so afraid of that they must kill-maim and destroy everything in their path?
    An old lady or children praying in a church are no harm to them but they seem to target them as their easy prey. Cowards.. Just like any bully-if you face them one on one and stand up to them, they will run away.
    The Judge of all the earth will one day look at them ( muslims) in the face and say-away with you into the lake of fire- I never knew you.

  7. Dennis says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 3:25 pm

    I am not surprised that there is little mention of these bombings in the west. The World Council of Churches will most likely do nothing about it and The UN Human Rights is too busy making up declarations about Israel. Really, who cares? What about the Fundamentalists doing about it, and the Roman Catholics. Maybe they applaud getting rid of the Coptic Pope. Time to kiss some Muslim feet! Show them your fear!

    • Rex Edwin Robards says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 3:34 pm

      The UN Human Rights Council is entirely controlled by the Organization for Islamic Cooperation and will never condemn or criticize Islamic Jihad.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 9, 2017 at 4:46 pm

      Dennis wrote:

      I am not surprised that there is little mention of these bombings in the west.
      ………………….

      It was the first thing I heard on my local news radio this morning–even though this is a station more apt to cover traffic accidents and regional government than international news.

  8. gravenimage says

    Apr 9, 2017 at 4:09 pm

    Islamic State claims responsibility for the two church bombings in Egypt
    ………………………….

    Bloody barbarians are proud of their slaughter of innocents. *This* is what Muslims are proud of.

    More:

    The Express reported on February 21 that “Islamic State militants in Egypt have threatened to increase attacks against Christians in the country, vowing to ‘liberate’ Cairo…
    ………………………….

    Yes–“liberate” Egypt from the surviving Christians there, who only make up 8-10% of the population.

    This shows their end game quite clearly–they want to wipe out all non-Muslims.

  9. More Ham Ed says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 3:11 am

    David Wood’s recent video, “The Two Faces of Islam: Why All Muslims Benefit from Terrorism” is a must-watch, not exaggerating, it is a must watch, very concise.

  10. UNCLE VLADDI says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 4:36 am

    Damn – I had visited that very church a few years ago (I was staying in Alex with my Coptic friend’s family)!

  11. Crusades Were Right! says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 5:59 am

    No doubt the Christian clerics who are quick to prostrate themselves before Mohammedans to beg “forgiveness” for the Crusades and all the other imaginary “wrongs” done to Mohammedans by Christians believe they are persuading Mohammedans to abandon their violence.

    But in reality they are simply adding fuel to the fire. Islam DEMANDS submission from Christians. So when it happens the Mohammedans see that their violence (jihad) is working and are encouraged to engage in more of it.

    The Copts of Egypt are paying the price for all the feet-kissing and kowtowing of Westerners before Islam.

    Eventually we all will.

  12. utis says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 10:24 am

    ISIS is taking credit, but I came across a JW articles from April 1, reporting on 3,000 fatwas issued in Egypt advising muslims to destroy churches. How many participants in these 2 church bombings were really ISIS and how many were children of the 3,000 fatwas?
    America has got to realize islam has multiple personalities — the violent and evil ones have to be neutralized.

  13. Florida Jim says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 10:46 am

    Christians are the most persecuted group alive thanks to Democrats and muslims.

    • Kay says

      Apr 17, 2017 at 2:05 pm

      Tragically, a too true statement!

  14. Mark Berlinger says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 11:15 am

    Islam is a religion/lifestyle invented to appeal to the immature male. It only works on those whose brains begin at the tip of their penis.

  15. Lydia says

    Apr 10, 2017 at 7:05 pm

    And I will continue going to church to worship the Lord in addition to the other ways I do so.
    I would do that in any part of the world, come what may.
    I am not afraid.
    I hope that message sinks into them.
    And they are only sending true Christian martyrs to heaven, but these evil muslims will go to hell when they die, unless they see the light of Christ and repent!

    I AM NOT AFRAID.

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