Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Mass Arrest and Torture of Christians in Libya. Christians flee Egypt.


Image of detained Christians in Libya; their heads were all shaved[photo] By
Last week’s news of four Christian missionaries in Libya placed under arrest, possibly facing the death penalty for “proselytizing,” is apparently the tip of the iceberg.  Yesterday, Arabic media reported that over 100 Christian Copts from Egypt, who have been living and working in Libya, were recently arrested in Ben Ghazi—also on the accusation, or pretext, of being “Christian missionaries.”
One video, apparently made by the Libyan militia interrogators—most of whom look like Islamic Salafis, with long beards and clipped mustaches—appeared on the Internet yesterday.  It shows a room full of detained Copts.  They sit hunched over on the floor—with all their hair shaven off, looking like dejected, or doomed, concentration camp prisoners.  According to one source, many of these Copts have been tortured.  Some have had the famous Coptic cross often tattooed on the wrists of Copts burned off with acid...Continue reading.... Thousands of Christians flee religious persecution in Egypt.[Read here.]

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