Even if president Sisi is fighting those who would exterminate them.

The fate of the Copts is now the main measure of the effectiveness of Sisi’s policies.

The fate of the Copts, President Sisi’s priorities, anti-Semitism, and what the Egyptian people want.

By slaughtering Copts.

The plight of Egypt’s Copts grows worse.

Violence for violence’s sake.

Not just security.

The first such visit since the 19th century.

Since the fall of Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Egypt’s ancient community of Christian Copts has faced an ongoing wave of persecution; the near future seems no better. 

The persecution of Christians across the Islamic world, vividly exemplified by the August attacks on Egyptian Copts by the Muslim Brotherhood, is reaching pandemic proportions.