A familiar scene recently took place in Egypt: yet another Coptic Christian soldier was killed in his (Muslim majority) unit.
Bishoy Nata‘i Bushri Kamal, 21, was found dead in his military unit in Cairo under “mysterious circumstances.” The military told the family that he was found hanging, and thus committed suicide. However, Sami Bushri, the young Copt’s uncle and family spokesman, said: “We completely reject this [assertion that he had committed suicide].” Such an act, said the uncle, contradicts the disposition of the slain youth, who was often cheerful and content.
Moreover, Bishoy had recently gotten into a quarrel with a certain “Mustafa,” a fellow soldier, said the uncle. And although there are injuries to his neck, indicative of hanging, injuries were also found on his back and abdomen, as well as facial scars—all of which indicate that he was tortured and murdered, claims the family, which is pursuing the matter with a lawyer.
Perhaps most indicative that the young Christian was murdered is that every aspect of this episode has taken place over and over in Egypt.
Read here for five more examples of Christian soldiers being found dead, followed by military claims of suicide or some other “accident,” followed by the slain’s families rejecting these excuses and pointing to conflicts with Muslim soldiers in the unit (including attempts to force the Christians to convert to Islam) followed by forensic evidence of murder — as what might be termed a “military jihad on Christians” quietly transpires in Egypt.
Lenn says
I am so sorry for this Christian young man! And his family! How evil they are, these moslems… They just keep spewing their vile hatred wherever they see fit. Christians in Egypt should not be in the army with moslems; better to go and help the Christians, Kurds and Peshmergas that are fighting moslem terrorists in Syria.
Alfred Noone says
You’re changing the world. Great RH. Blessed are the peacemakers.
The Pope visited Jerusalem, and I would surmise that you may have played a role in this, inadvertently.