Friday, July 1, 2016

IS Claims It Killed Coptic Orth. Priest in Egypt; Killed Him Due to "Waging War Against Islam"

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for shooting to death a Coptic Orthodox priest in Egypt yesterday, the Foreign Desk News website reports today (July 1, 2016).

Father Raphael Musa -- the priest of St. George Church in El-Arish in the northern Sinai -- was returning from mass yesterday when he was shot in the head many times by an unknown assailant, according to police.

Shortly thereafter, ISIS claimed responsibility for the killing in an online post accusing Musa of "waging war against Islam."

Egypt is battling the Islamic State in the Sinai by the group's local affiliate, Wilyat Sinai, considered one of ISIS's most brutal affiliates.

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