CHURCH / Egypt: 2nd day of attacks on churches

Egypt: 2nd day of attacks on churches

CWN - August 16, 2013

By the end of a second day of attacks on Christian institutions, homes, and businesses in Egypt, Islamists had burned down over 50 churches, a Coptic Orthodox bishop told CNN.
The attacks followed police and military action against Muslim Brotherhood protestors who support ousted President Mohamed Morsi.
"The military tried to evacuate this sit-in by the Muslim Brotherhood, but they (Brotherhood members) went out and set fire to important sites, including many churches," a spokesman for the Catholic Coptic Church, Father Hani Bakhoum Kiroulos, told Catholic News Service. "This is a problem not just for Christians but also for moderate Muslims. We are facing a group of terrorists who seek to set the whole country ablaze."
Referring to the July 3 ouster of Morsi, he added that "the Church did not support a military coup--on the contrary, the military supported the desire of the people, and the Church is part of the people."

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• 'Horrible': Christian churches throughout Egypt stormed, torched (CNN)
• Coptic Christian churches, buildings targeted in Egypt for second straight day (Fox News)
• Catholic spokesman defends Egyptian army crackdown against protesters (CNS)
• Hundreds dead and churches attacked in Egypt violence (Christian Solidarity Worldwide)
• Full Remarks: Obama condemns violence in Egypt (CNN)
• Violence escalating against Christian churches in Egypt (CWN, 8/14)