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muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
Fri May 26, 2017, 07:26 AM May 2017

Egypt: Gunmen attack Coptic Christians, at least 23 dead

Source: AP

Egyptian state TV says 23 people were killed and 25 wounded in an attack by gunmen on a bus carrying Coptic Christians south of Cairo.

The report quotes local health officials as saying that the attack happened on Friday while the bus was traveling on the road to the St. Samuel Monastery in the Minya governorate, about 220 kilometers, or about 140 miles, south of the Egyptian capital.

Read more: http://www.king5.com/news/nation-now/over-20-killed-in-bus-attack-on-coptic-christians-in-egypt/443182703

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Egypt: Gunmen attack Coptic Christians, at least 23 dead (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler May 2017 OP
F*CK!!! nikibatts May 2017 #1
Damn fundies suck Rustyeye77 May 2017 #2
Fucking savages eom eissa May 2017 #3
I agree. Rustyeye77 May 2017 #4
Radical Islamists are where the Inquisition was centuries ago LiberalLovinLug May 2017 #5
Are we going to get 36 hours of nonstop TV coverage of this story? lostnfound May 2017 #6
It's still prominent on the BBC: Egypt hits 'jihadist camps' after attack on Coptic Christians muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #8
I hope they got the fundies that did this. Rustyeye77 May 2017 #9
Kick to remember the innocent victims Rustyeye77 May 2017 #7
It's really sad Bradical79 May 2017 #10
 

Rustyeye77

(2,736 posts)
2. Damn fundies suck
Fri May 26, 2017, 10:34 AM
May 2017

Fundie attacks... doesn't matter where it happens

Egypt Coptic Christians
Manchester
Paris
Fresno
London
Berlin
Brussels
Nice
SAN Bernadino
9/11
7/7
Orlando
Madrid
Boston
NY/ Atlantic City
Al queda
Germany rape- fest
Paris Charlie hebdo murder-thon
And thousands I can't even remember

 

Rustyeye77

(2,736 posts)
4. I agree.
Fri May 26, 2017, 01:15 PM
May 2017

But it's become so common that no one even notices and hardly anyone comments.

I wonder if 23 Americans were killed on a bus by fundies,would anyone else comment ?

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)
5. Radical Islamists are where the Inquisition was centuries ago
Fri May 26, 2017, 04:08 PM
May 2017

Only today they have global communications and social media, and far superior weapons.

I don't think enough is being done to pressure influential world Islamic leaders to publicly denounce ISIS. To the point of calling a fatwa on them. To declare they are the apostates, they are the blasphemers of Islam. I don't mean mild statement after the fact. I mean a world conference for these leaders, a loud cohesive, united declaration that anyone that joins ISIS and kills innocents will go to hell (or whatever their equivalent is).

I think many 'moderate' world Muslim leaders are riding the coat tails of ISIS, and other radical groups quietly, 20 paces behind. Mumbling their objections. They see ISIS etc.. as clear cutting the land for them, so they can then go in and plant new trees.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
8. It's still prominent on the BBC: Egypt hits 'jihadist camps' after attack on Coptic Christians
Sat May 27, 2017, 01:14 AM
May 2017

Egyptian forces have struck "terrorist training camps" in retaliation for an attack on Coptic Christians, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said.

State media say six strikes hit the town of Derna in neighbouring Libya.

Gunmen earlier attacked a bus carrying worshippers in central Egypt, killing at least 28 people and wounding 25 others.

President Sisi said he would "not hesitate to strike terrorist camps anywhere".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40067473

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
10. It's really sad
Mon May 29, 2017, 05:51 PM
May 2017

They've been persecuted for so many years. This is the type of REAL persecution I think of when certain American groups complain about baking cakes or issuing a marriage liscense. It's heartbreaking.

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