Egyptian Islamists Target Christian Churches in Wave of Apparently Coordinated Attacks

This photo, purportedly showing one of a number of churches attacked by Islamists, the St. Mary Church in Fayoum province, was posted online on Wednesday. (Photo: Almogaz/Twitter)

(CNSNews.com) – Some supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president directed their wrath at the country’s Christian minority Wednesday, in what activists described as “the worst coordinated attacks on Egypt’s Coptic community in modern history.”

Largely eclipsed by the military’s crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo and resulting loss of life, more than 20 churches in a number of provinces were reported to have been targeted for arson and other attacks.