Mina Nader
Mina Nader writes for Religion News Service.
Copts, who make up about 10 percent of Egypt’s population, have seen increasing violence against them since 2013.
Many Copts fear a resurgence of militant power more than the autocratic tendencies of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Some members of the 2,000-year-old church worry that the veneration of those martyred by militants goes too far.