Making up about 10% of the population in Egypt, most Egyptian Christians are Coptic Christians. The Coptic branch of Christianity is one of the oldest surviving branches of Christianity. The Coptic Church bears similarities to the Eastern Orthodox. Some of the oldest extant Christian texts come from the Coptic religion. Despite their crucial importance to Christian discourse and religious ideas, the suffering this branch of Christianity experiences in Egypt is not well documented or publicized.
Late at night on Christmas Eve Mass in Naj Hammadi southern Egypt on January 7th there was a vicious drive-by shooting which resulted in the deaths of six church goers and one security official. [...]
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