Egypt's Christians In Peril After Vicious Crackdown

The bombing of two Egyptian churches on Palm Sunday was a massive security failure, said Aya Nader in Al-Monitor (Washington DC).

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Only a week before, a bomb had been found and defused in St George’s Church in Tanta, yet a Daesh suicide bomber was allowed to walk unimpeded into the very same church, where he killed at least 27 people and injured 71. Hours later, another bomber detonated a belt outside St Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria, killing another 17. Egypt’s Coptic Christians feel badly let down by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, and for good reason. They were the first to applaud in 2013 when the general ended the Muslim Brotherhood’s chaotic rule and vowed to restore order; they thought he’d put an end to the murderous attacks on them by Salafist extremists. Yet the vicious crackdown that ensued has made them no safer. On the contrary, attacks by terror groups are spreading, and the “infidel” Copts are a prime target. Why is