Our brothers and sisters of the Coptic Orthodox Christian Church in Egypt are persecuted on a nearly daily basis for their faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Not only the Copts, but also our 300,000 Greek Orthodox brothers and sisters in Egypt suffer sporadic persecution, discrimination, and harassment, and as we see so often, frequently Egyptian officials do little or nothing to alleviate their plight.
For previous ChristianPersecution.com coverage of the persecution of Christians in Egypt, see here.
“Christian Father and Son Stabbed in Egypt in String of Incidents,” International Christian Concern, August 4, 2022:
08/04/2022 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – A Christian father and son in Egypt were attacked by a known radical on July 28 just outside the father’s shop. 43-year-old Joseph Israel and his son were stabbed in the Omranya district of Giza in the early morning hours. The assailant, Ahmad Muhammad, stabbed the two, shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great), infidels, and “La illaha ila Allah” (No God but God), before some Muslim neighbors intervened and handed him over to authorities.
Joseph and his son Emil were transported to the hospital with threatening injuries. Video footage of the incident and eyewitnesses revealed that that the perpetrator first attacked Joseph and later turned on Emil when he rushed to his father’s aid.
The Coptic Christian victim owned a store selling alcoholic drinks. In a Muslim-majority country like Egypt, only Christians are able to establish liquor stores, leading to potential conflict with extremist Muslims, though conservatives often look down on the stores as well. However, the assailant had no prior relationship with the victims, leading many to conclude that Muhammad’s actions were driven by religious hatred.
One Coptic journalist, Nader Shokry, noted in a Facebook post that the recent escalation in attacks against Coptic Christians has been fanned by hate speech by Islamist leaders like Sheikh Abdullah Rushdy and Sheikh Mabrook Attia. Sheikh Attia made controversial statements about a 21-year-old girl who was stabbed after declining a marriage proposal, saying it occurred because she was not wearing a hijab. He also mocked Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount in a later video….
