Church Closed in Egypt after Angry Muslim Mob Terrorizes Children in Sunday School

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Another worship building shuttered over ‘sectarian tensions’ (angry Muslims).

Church Closed in Egypt after Muslim Mob Frightens Children in Sunday School

Another worship building shuttered over ‘sectarian tensions.’

By Our Cairo Correspondent
CAIRO, Egypt, April 23, 2019 (Morning Star News) – A Coptic church in Upper Egypt is closed after a throng of angry Muslims attacked it this month, beating a priest and another Copt as more than 200 fearful children who had gathered for Bible lessons looked on, according to advocacy groups.

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One of the injured Copts, Asaad Bakheet Rezek, told Coptic TV (CTV) that a Muslim about 17 years old beat one of the priests with a club as security forces led him from the Anba Karas Church building in Naga al-Ghafir, Sohag Governorate in southern Egypt.

The priest, identified as Father Basilious, sustained a minor head injury as security forces escorted him and another priest into an armored vehicle after the chanting mob tried to enter the building, Rezek said, adding that the children were terrified by the club- and knife-wielding crowds as they shouted, cursed and pelted the building with rocks.

The village mayor had gone to the church premises the previous day, angry at construction underway for a fourth floor to a building annex, according to advocacy groups Coptic Solidarity and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).

The mayor accused the Christians of “treason” for the add-on. He started shouting to neighbors to take action against the church and left, later submitting a notice at the city council complaining about the construction, according to the groups. The city council immediately arrived, stopped the work and confiscated building materials, including the cement and the reinforced steel.

The next day at 4 p.m., dozens of angry demonstrators tried to enter the church premises but were unable to get through a steel door. Carrying clubs and knives, they started shouting, cursing and pelting the building with rocks, according to Coptic Solidarity.

Additional forces arrived, and Father Basilious was struck as he and another priest were escorted off the premises. Parents and church leaders were not able to move the 200 children away from the angry, chanting villagers until security forces dispersed the crowds. Though police witnessed the beating of the priest, no arrests were made.

Both Father Basilious and Father Bakhoum were taken for questioning into the evening hours.

Police issued an indefinite closure order, pending investigations, and froze all activities of the 10-year-old church, including the its daycare and the Sunday School.

The church, which held worship services every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, was the only one serving a Christian population of about 1,300 in Naga al-Ghafir village, the rights groups said. There had been no prior trouble with Muslim neighbors.

“The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights condemns the closure of the Anba Karas Church in Naga al-Ghafir,” an EIPR statement read. “The church was shuttered after dozens of Muslim residents of the village surrounded the church and chanted hostile slogans against Copts; a Christian cleric and another citizen were injured after being assaulted with sticks.”

The EIPR stated that the right of worship, individually or collectively, whether in a church building, home, or other building, is a fundamental right upheld by the Egyptian constitution and international human rights conventions ratified by Egypt.

“This right is not contingent on the will of the majority,” the EIPR noted.

The church was issued a permit four years ago as an association for religious activities, prayers and social services. Two years ago the church bought an adjacent 75-square meter plot and annexed a structure to the older building after submitting all payments and paperwork to authorities.

The second and third floors were built two months ago, and there were no problems until the construction of the fourth floor began.

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Bagsgroove
Bagsgroove
4 years ago

What else do we expect from these low lives !

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
4 years ago

Was this reported on CNN or MSNBC? Is it due to these 200 children not being “easter worshippers”? If this had happened to an infestation of moslem litters … 24/7 – 365.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

I haven’t really seen any coverage of the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka — hundreds of Christians dead, hundreds more injured and nothing — unlike say the New Zealand resistance attack. Civil war or a military coup is the only answer at this point. Our governments and enemedia are so corrupt and compromised by muslums and their petrodollars there’s no other way.

Zahra
Zahra
4 years ago

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MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  Zahra

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Tm.
Tm.
4 years ago

The attack on the NZ mosque was spoken of for weeks, pictures of mourners, vigils, and so forth highlighted daily. From NZ, the world heard accusations, anger, the PM wearing a head covering, banning weapons and so on.
How was the Sri Lankan massacre treated?
Sri Lanka is a country where the main religion is Catholicism and Christianity. Why did that group perpetrate the attacks there and all around the world on the Christian Holy Week?
Pray hard, pray every moment, support the Sri Lankan’s as best as you can, show solidarity, call the Christian organizations to see how one may help.
Support those politicians who speak the truth.
Christians and Jews are under attack. Stop lying about it. Please stop lying to us.

Achmed Mohandjob
Achmed Mohandjob
4 years ago

It’s coming. And, coming sooner than many think. Although, not soon enough, but it’s coming very soon. A time where every moslem will not even be able to find a place to hide. Righteous justice is soon to be meted.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

No reaction from Pope Frances?
Coptic Christians are really Catholic.
This Pope is so ridiculous!comment image

mamacancook
mamacancook
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

He’s a fake, as you probably know!!

Tm.
Tm.
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

If he had any sense, any consideration, he would remove himself. Also, he needs to address the sex abuse scandal which he has managed woefully.
Remember, that you support Christianity and Jews by going to church. Support your churches, your parishes, read the Word. It will be a blessing on you, and your family, and country.

NickandLynds
NickandLynds
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Coptic Christians are not Catholic. They are a completely independent church with their own Pope.Their beliefs are closest to the Eastern Orthodox family of churches, not the Roman Catholic Church. That being said, Pope Francis should have denounced this and all other violence against Christians.

mamacancook
mamacancook
4 years ago

Savages. Please God, put an end to these vermin.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
4 years ago

There have been 84,000 deaths due to Islamic terrorism in 2017 ALONE:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/islamist-extremism-caused-84000-deaths-worldwide-in-2017-a-new-report-says/

And yet, all the left is outraged about is conservatives being “angry” in response to the Easter bombings. They really do seem to tacitly supporting terrorism, in the comments, someone said Muslims were justified in doing what they did because of New Zealand:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/04/22/christianity-under-attack-sri-lanka-church-bombings-stoke-far-right-anger-west/

Jan Favre
Jan Favre
4 years ago
Reply to  R. Arandas

Hunt down the white anti-white Leftists. They are the real poison of our society.

Spike1047
Spike1047
4 years ago

Of course they were children…or women. The scum would never attack anyone who could fight back.

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
4 years ago

Muslims wont stop their evilness because they follow the Koran and they believe that the true and loving God gave it to them. Allah equals Satan. Get my drift!

John Mitchell
John Mitchell
4 years ago

Where’s the ‘co-exist’ crowd?

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