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.]
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Mass Arrest and Torture of Christians in Libya. Christians flee Egypt.
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.]
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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