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| Anglican Church in Ismailia receives 30 families escaping attacks on Christians in North Sinai |
| 2017-02-26 |
| [AlAhram] The Anglican Church in Egypt's Ismailia has received almost 30 Christian families, including 150 people, who escaped North Sinai's Capital al-Arish after several terrorist attacks targeting Christians in the city, church official Nabil Shukrallah Basta told Ahram Arabic news website on Saturday. Basta said that the families have been housed in different areas of the city, including at a youth hostel, and that more Christian families are expected to arrive today. Basta also mentioned the support the church has received from the Dubara Church in Cairo, along with other churches, as well as the support of the Ismailia governorate in containing the crisis. In the past few days, churches in Ismailia have received dozens of Coptic families who escaped the North Sinai city for fear of being targeted. Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement on Friday condemning "the repeated terrorist attacks targeting Egyptian Christians in North Sinai." Social solidarity minister Ghada Waly visited on Saturday the International Youth Hostel in Ismailia to check on the Christian families staying there, assuring that this is a temporary situation and that they will be back to their homes within days. Ismailia Governor Yassin Taher said that the displaced families are welcome in the governorate, and that he has received many calls from the residents of Ismailia offering to host the displaced families. Over the past two weeks, eight terrorist attacks have targeted Christians in North Sinai, including the murder of three people in al-Arish on Wednesday and Thursday. |
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| #1 Attacking Christians? Then Islam is not the Religion of Peace, Tolerance and Acceptance (sarc)? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-02-26 08:11 |