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grossproffit

(5,591 posts) Fri May 26, 2017, 07:01 AM May 2017

Egypt Attack: Coptic Christians Killed on Bus Heading to Monastery. 24 dead.

An attack targeting a bus carrying Coptic Christians left 24 people dead on Friday, Egyptian authorities said.

State TV reported gunmen opened fire as the vehicle traveled on the road to the St. Samuel Monastery in Minya province, which is located about 140 miles south of Cairo.

Christians make up around 10 percent of Egypt's mostly Muslim population of 83 million. They have long faced discrimination, but in recent years they have found themselves increasingly targeted by Islamist extremists.

Experts told NBC News in April that the violence leveled against them was "the worst it has ever been."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/egypt-attack-coptic-christians-killed-bus-heading-monastery-n764981?cid=eml_nbn_20170526

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Egypt Attack: Coptic Christians Killed on Bus Heading to Monastery. 24 dead. (Original Post) grossproffit May 2017 OP

Extremely sad. romanic May 2017 #1

Facade of Coexistence? Rustyeye77 May 2017 #3

But are these the kind of people you'd want agreeing with you? ck4829 May 2017 #4

Ok... Rustyeye77 May 2017 #5

It's only a facade because not many really work for it or truly want it. nikibatts May 2017 #7

There is nothing new under the sun. nikibatts May 2017 #6

Church officials confirm 35 dead. They were on their way to worship. grossproffit May 2017 #2

If only President Trump had said "radical Islamic terrorism" while he was in KSA gratuitous May 2017 #8

romanic

(2,841 posts)

1. Extremely sad.

Reply to grossproffit (Original post)

Fri May 26, 2017, 07:11 AM

May 2017

I truly think Christians of any kind (or any other religion) arent safe in these Muslim majority countries. The facade of coexistence crumbled when the Arab Spring protests started.

Rustyeye77

(2,736 posts)

3. Facade of Coexistence?

Reply to romanic (Reply #1)

Fri May 26, 2017, 01:47 PM

May 2017

I think at this point a lot of people agree with you.

ck4829

(35,077 posts)

4. But are these the kind of people you'd want agreeing with you?

Reply to Rustyeye77 (Reply #3)

Fri May 26, 2017, 02:24 PM

May 2017

Rustyeye77

(2,736 posts)

5. Ok...

Reply to ck4829 (Reply #4)

Fri May 26, 2017, 02:27 PM

May 2017

Do you think

"Christians of any kind (or any other religion) arent safe in these Muslim majority countries. The facade of coexistence crumbled when the Arab Spring protests started."

nikibatts

(2,198 posts)

7. It's only a facade because not many really work for it or truly want it.

Reply to Rustyeye77 (Reply #3)

Fri May 26, 2017, 02:30 PM

May 2017

nikibatts

(2,198 posts)

6. There is nothing new under the sun.

Reply to romanic (Reply #1)

Fri May 26, 2017, 02:29 PM

May 2017

grossproffit

(5,591 posts)

2. Church officials confirm 35 dead. They were on their way to worship.

Reply to grossproffit (Original post)

Fri May 26, 2017, 11:22 AM

May 2017

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

8. If only President Trump had said "radical Islamic terrorism" while he was in KSA

Reply to grossproffit (Original post)

Fri May 26, 2017, 02:33 PM

May 2017

That's been the talking point for our good friends on the Republican side of the aisle for years, hasn't it? That President Obama's failure to say the magic words was the only reason the terrorists were flourishing. Now, President Trump has failed to say the magic words while he was in Saudi Arabia, and sure enough, another massacre. Will Fox and the other sewer outlets say the same things about Trump that they said about Obama?

Magic 8 Ball says, "Fuck, no."

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