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Egypt: Muslims who targeted Christians for jihad massacre planned to strike under cover of coronavirus curfew

Apr 18, 2020 2:00 pm By Robert Spencer

What better time to strike than when people are taking steps to protect themselves? It maximizes the terror.

“And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know, whom Allah knows.” (Qur’an 8:60)

An update on this story. “Islamist terrorists ‘plotting Covid-19 (coronavirus) curfew attack’ on Christians shot dead by Egypt police,” Barnabas Fund, April 16, 2020:

Seven members of an Islamist terrorist cell suspected of plotting to attack Christians in Egypt under cover of the national nightly Covid-19 curfew, were shot dead by police on 14 April.

Egypt’s Interior Ministry, which oversees the police force, said the gang was preparing to strike on or before Sunday 19 April, when Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter.

“The cell was planning to commit its terrorist operation during the nightly [Covid-19] curfew, taking advantage of the state’s preoccupation with fighting the coronavirus,” said Farouk al-Makrahy, a former assistant to the Minister of Interior.

A police officer was killed when security forces raided a ten-storey apartment block in Al Amiriya, east of Cairo, where the alleged terrorists were hiding. The Interior Ministry reported that security forces seized weapons and ammunition in the raid, including six machine guns.

Egypt has remained under a state of emergency since 2017, when Islamic State (IS) suicide bombers attacked two churches on Palm Sunday, killing at least 46 people….

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Filed Under: Coptic Christians, Egypt, Featured, Muslim persecution of Christians Tagged With: Al Amiriya, Cairo, coronavirus, Farouk al-Makrahy


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  1. Mo says

    Apr 18, 2020 at 4:32 pm

    There’s something doubly evil about people who would harm others in the midst of an already terrible situation like a pandemic. Who even thinks like that?

    The fact that they would do such a thing demonstrates the evil of their religion and the so-called “god” they follow.

  2. DHazard says

    Apr 18, 2020 at 5:29 pm

    Too bad the Pyramids are still in Egypt. Too bad for Islamists like the Taliban they’re just too big to blow up. They may even be the reason Cairo has so few earthquakes with the Pyramids serving as mountains (Quran 21:31)

  3. gravenimage says

    Apr 18, 2020 at 5:50 pm

    Egypt: Muslims who targeted Christians for jihad massacre planned to strike under cover of coronavirus curfew
    ……………….

    When Westerners are flouting stay at home orders, they are more apt to go to a party, as the folks at the Airbnb next door hosted a large party a few days ago. Even when Infidels are acting unwisely, it is apt to be *far* more benign than with Muslims.

    Just glad these Jihadists were stopped this time.

  4. mortimer says

    Apr 19, 2020 at 12:25 am

    Let there be no doubt.

    The Islamic motive for murdering Christians at Christmas and Easter is THEOLOGICAL.

    Let no one fail to understand the motive of this planned EASTER ATTACK.

    The Koran is a direct attack on the Christian church. The Islamic motive for killing Christians is SPELLED OUT in Koran 9:30 “The Christians say Issa is the son of Allah … may Allah destroy them (q-t-l); how they are turned away!”

    Mohammed hated Christians specifically for the doctrine of the Trinity … which he completely misunderstood and distorted in the Koran.

    The DIVINITY of Christ is THE REASON why Muslims hate Christianity and Christians and are motivated to KILL CHRISTIANS.

    The KERYGMA of nascent Christianity (the DEATH, RESURRECTION and DIVINITY of Christ) are the three Christian core teachings that the Koran specifically denies and employs as excuses to murder Christians.

  5. ronyvo says

    Apr 19, 2020 at 6:10 am

    This news does not surprise me a bit. Actually, I am expecting it. The HATE in their hearts is so overwhelming that pushing them to do evil. Sometimes, I feel sorry for them. Satan dwells comfortably in their hearts that makes them do what they are doing. The question is, what should WE Christians and Jews do to avoid their criminal activities?!!

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