The Attack on the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate by Muslim Mobs - 7 April 2013
St. Mark Cathedral in Abbassiya, Cairo is the international headquarters of the Coptic Orthodox Church and it is where the Coptic Pope resides. Hence it has a great symbolic meaning in the hearts of all Copts worldwide. Today a red line has been crossed by Muslim mobs who attacked Copts at a very vulnerable moment as they were mourning the barbaric killing of innocent Christians going about their daily living. What type of human beings attack people when they are mourning the killing of their loved ones??? These Copts were killed simply for being Christians and not only killed but one was burnt alive! I cannot fathom nor comprehend the lack of sympathy by such Muslim mobs when seeing fellow humans going to bury their dead and instead of standing by them, pelting them with rocks, shooting at them and to add insult to injury the police fire tear gas at the Cathedral compound.
We must never forget however that we are Christians, we follow the teachings of Our Saviour Jesus Christ. We are peaceful people and do not react with violence, violence is not a part of our vocabulary. We follow the King of Peace Who taught us to love our enemies. We pray for these violent people who only know violence as a means to finding solutions. Violence and hatred never solves any issues but in fact exacerbates them further. I pray that the perpetrators of these crimes will be brought to justice and that the same old rhetoric that we are sick of hearing in Egypt will be turned into finding permanent solutions to the persecution and deep suffering of my dear Coptic brothers and sisters in Egypt.
Let us all lift up our hearts and bow down before Our Lord Who suffered for us to alleviate this injustice against the Copts of Egypt and to hear our cry on their behalf. May Lord have mercy.
Suriel
Bishop of Melbourne
Attack on Coptic church building in Libya kills two
RIPOLI, Libya -- A bombing on Sunday at a building belonging to a Coptic church in western Libya killed two Egyptian men and wounded two others, a military spokesman said.
Attackers threw a homemade bomb at an administration building belonging to the Egyptian Coptic church in Dafniya, close to the western city of Misrata, said Ibrahim Rajab of the Misrata military council.
The Egyptian consul in the city, Tareq Dahrouj, said he visited the church and the building where the two church workers were killed early on Sunday.
"The explosion seems like it was very strong and I have started making my investigations with Misrata officials,'' he said.Libya has small communities of Egyptians, Greeks and Italians who account for most of the Christian minority in the predominantly Islamic country.
Libya Coptic church blast kills two Egyptians
Two Egyptians have been killed and two injured in an apparent attack on a Coptic church building near the Libyan city of Misrata, officials say.
A Misrata city council official told the BBC that there had been an explosion at the building as the four victims were eating lunch there.
It is not clear who was behind the blast in the small town of Dafiniyah.
There were conflicting reports as to whether it happened on Saturday or Sunday.
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