Egypt’s Copts face rising fears, divisions after attacks
Some women in Upper Egypt donned black in mourning on Easter Sunday. A week after the biggest coordinated attacks in decades against one of the oldest Christian sects in the world, many Coptic churches in Egypt held their liturgical prayers without festivity and some worshipers were afraid to attend services.
Two suicide bombings on Palm Sunday killed 45 people and wounded more than 120 at St. George’s Church in Tanta and St. Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria, causing a surge of anxiety and anger through the 10-million-strong Coptic community.
Fadia Ibrahim, a 53-year-old homemaker in Minya, worries especially about her 27-year-old son, Paul.
