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Palm Sunday in Egypt: Muslims bomb church packed with worshipers, killing at least 21
It is not safe for Christians (or any non-Muslims) under Muslim rule. The United States should be opening our doors to religious minorities being brutalized under Islamic law. This is savagery.
“Church bombing north of Egypt’s capital kills 21,” Associated Press, April 9, 2017:
CAIRO (AP) — A bomb exploded in a church north of Cairo that was packed with Palm Sunday worshippers, killing at least 21 people and wounding 38 others, officials said.
The attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta was the latest in a series of assaults on Egypt’s Christian minority, which makes up around 10 percent of the population and has been repeatedly targeted by Islamic extremists. It comes just weeks before Pope Francis is due to visit Egypt….
No one immediately claimed the attack, which comes a week before Easter.
A local Islamic State affiliate claimed a suicide bombing at a church in Cairo in December that killed around 30 people, mostly women, as well as a string of killings in the restive Sinai Peninsula that caused hundreds of Christians to flee to safer areas of the country….
Source: http://pamelageller.com/2017/04/egypt-bomb-church.html/
