Photos: Egyptian Christians in peril
September 6, 2013
In this Sept. 3, 2013, photo, an Egyptian Christian villager takes shelter inside his house in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, Egyptian priest Samuel Zaki views the damaged main church inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that was looted and burned by Islamists, in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, a guard walks in the damaged Evangelical Church of Malawi that was looted and burned by Islamists, in Malawi, Minya province, Egypt. With the Egyptian army and police already fighting a burgeoning Islamist insurgency in the strategic Sinai peninsula near the border with Gaza and Israel, there are growing signs that a second insurgency could erupt in the Nile-side Minya province and Assiut to the south -- both strongholds of Islamists and home to Egypt's two largest Christian communities. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, Egyptian Christian villagers clean up the damaged ancient chapel inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that was looted and burned by Islamists, in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, Egyptian priest Ebrahim Tenisah, head of the main church, shows a visitor the damaged altar inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that was looted and burned by Islamists, in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
This Sept. 3, 2013, photo, shows a broken picture frame holding an image of the father of Talaat Bassily, a prominent Christian businessman, whose home was looted by criminals in Malawi, Minya province, Egypt. With the Egyptian army and police already fighting a burgeoning Islamist insurgency in the strategic Sinai peninsula near the border with Gaza and Israel, there are growing signs that a second insurgency could erupt in the Nile-side Minya province and Assiut to the south -- both strongholds of Islamists and home to Egypt's two largest Christian communities. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013, photo, Egyptian priests gather with villagers at the door of the main church inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that was looted and burned by Islamists, in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, Christian villagers gather in a narrow alley in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, an Egyptian Christian villager guides visitors in the ancient chapel inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that was looted and burned by Islamists in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, Egyptian Christian villagers point out a damaged column that they claim drips water every Good Friday at the damaged ancient chapel inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that was looted and burned by Islamists in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, Egyptian priest Samuel Zaki tours the ancient chapel inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that was looted and burned by Islamists in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, Egyptian priest Samuel Zaki, second left, talks to villagers at the door of the main church inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that was looted and burned by Islamists, in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, Christian villagers talk with a priest in the courtyard the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery, that was looted and burned by Islamists, in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, a guard looks at the ruins of the Evangelical Church of Malawi that was looted and burned by Islamists in Malawi, Minya province, Egypt. With the army and police already fighting a burgeoning militant insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula, there are growing signs that a second insurgency could erupt in the south _ particularly in Minya and Assiut provinces, both Islamist strongholds and both home to Egypt's two largest Christian communities. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, an Egyptian priest walks in the courtyard of the guesthouse of the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery, that was looted and burned by Islamists, in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied their station on July 3, the day Egypt's military chief removed the president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their homes and businesses. (AP Photo/El Shorouk Newspaper, Roger Anis) ( Mideast Egypt Town in Peril )
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