ISIS attacks on Sinai Christians pose challenge to Sisi

At the Mary Jirjis Church in Ismailia Egypt, Mervat Jirjis describes how her family recently fled their home in the northern Sinai town of El Arish after her husband received a threat to leave immediately or be slaughtered.

“The terrorists told him ‘your blood is permissible for us if you don’t leave.’ This caused me to leave immediately carrying only a bottle of water because they attack anyone carrying travel bags or furniture. We have heard a lot about cases of murders and I decided not to wait and see any of my relatives be under such circumstances,” she said in remarks published Tuesday in al-Masry al-Youm newspaper.

 

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