A faith under attack in Egypt - and in Canada

An Egyptian Coptic church in British Columbia is burned down, and no one seems bothered by this.

A house of worship frequented primarily by immigrants from the Middle East was burned to the ground by a white person recently. And chances are, you never heard anything about it:

A congregation and community are in shock after an early-morning fire destroyed Surrey’s St. George Coptic Orthodox Church on Monday. The blaze broke out around 3:30 a.m. at the church located at 13905 108 Ave in the Whalley neighbourhood.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but Surrey RCMP said it is being treated as “suspicious.” The St. George Coptic Orthodox Church was also the target of an attempted arson just last Wednesday, although authorities do not know if the two incidents are connected.

In the first arson attempt, surveillance video showed that at approximately 2:33 a.m. on July 14, a woman lit items on fire at the door of the church before leaving the area.

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Khalil expressed disappointment that neither provincial nor federal leaders had yet spoken out about the fire. “It hurts t…