Over the weekend, sadly, we saw some violence against Christians in Egypt. The following is a news report filed by Spero News.
A Catholic church has also been attacked and the father of a postulant killed, "Muslims must reject violence based on religion," says a missionary in Cairo.
Twelve deaths and a hundred wounded is the toll of the assault carried out by groups of Salafi Muslims against Christian churches in the district of Imbaba, in the north-west of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. " A Catholic church was also attacked, along with some Coptic Orthodoxes " reported Fr. Luciano Verdoscia, a Catholic missionary of the Comboni order who has been working in Cairo for several years. "A group of Salafis came shooting in the church and killed the father of one of our postulants, who is in Uganda. The man was hit by several shots to the chest. "
"The excuse used by Salafis to commit these crimes is the story of Kamilia, the wife of an Orthodox priest who wanted to divorce her husband. Since the Orthodox Church is very strict in matters of divorce, the woman had converted to Islam to escape from her husband. The Salafis claim that the woman is held prisoner and was brought back to the Coptic faith against her will, " explained Father Verdoscia. The attack on the Church of Imbaba, where the woman is believed to held, gave rise to the violence on Saturday, May 7.