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The article claims that President Husnī Mubārak has admitted that this has been a bad year for Egypt's Copts, who were victims of several attacks. He also promised a prompt response to the latest attack and called for national unity, even referring to the victims of the Alexandria church bombing as...
Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmad Abū al-Ghayt says that the protection of places of worship is the responsibility of the government. This comes after that the recent church attack in Alexandria raised the alarm about the safety of Christians in the Middle East.  French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot...
The tragic attack on the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter, in Alexandria has caused a drop in the sales of new clothes, food, and sweets--traditional items used by Copts to celebrate Christmas. Many Coptic families cancelled their celebration plans after the attack in solidarity...
Maryam Fikrī was just one of the victims of the blast that targeted the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter, after the New Year's Day mass. Fikrī posted a new year's wish on Facebook just moments before the blast, which killed twenty-three people and wounded around 100. Many...
A small, al-Qā‘idah-inspired cell could be behind the bombing of the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter, in Alexandria on New Year's Day, according to this article in the Egyptian Gazette. The spread of terrorism in the country is not expected, but according to ‘Amr al-Shubkī, an...
The death toll of the Alexandria church attack has risen to 23. However, while the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) counts 23 deaths, the Egyptian Health Ministry says the death toll is only 18. The identity of the perpetrator(s) is still not known, but the article states that it is likely...
  Wednesday's Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Alexandria church bombing focuses on speculation regarding who may be behind the attack. But some are accusing the Egyptian media of competing to identify the responsible party, according to AWR's Hānī Hamdī...    
Diyā’ Rashwān, a researcher at al-Ahrām Center for Political and Strategic Studies, gives special attention in al-Shurūq to the stylistic features of the terrorist attack outside the Two Saints Church, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria. According to Rashwān, the bombing carries the...
Egyptian newspapers have been hinting at the prospect of a civil war after the suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria. Clashes and protests by Christians erupted after the attack, and many say that these types of incidents could...
An angry television viewer suggested that Muslims demonstrate solidarity with their Coptic compatriots by protecting the nation's churches on January 7, the day Copts celebrate Christmas. The article claims that since the New Year's Day attack was aimed to destabilize the country and its unity,...

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