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EGYPT: Sinai Insurgency

EGYPT: Sinai Insurgency Security forces carry out multiple raids in the wake of a devastating attack on a mosque.A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo on December 29th and was shot dead by policemen, police officials said.The gunman wounded five security guards outside the church and then tried to storm the building when police shot him dead, the officials said. The officials said they were searching for a possible second gunman who may have escaped.The Islamic State (IS) group's affiliate in Egypt has killed dozens of Christians in church bombings and shootings in 2017 and has threatened further attacks against the minority.The jihadists are believed to have also carried out a massacre of Muslim worshippers in Sinai in November, killing more than 300 in an attack on a mosque associated with the mystical Sufi strand of Islam which IS views as heretical.An alleged Christian armed group, the “Sons of Jesus Movement”, claimed the mosque attack in early December, but the claim was mostly ignored by jihadist channels on Telegram and by Egyptian media outlets.The army has poured in thousands of troops backed with armour and jets in a bid to crush the Sinai‐based jihadists, but attacks have continued. The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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0001-9844
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1467-825X
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2018.08034.x
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Security forces carry out multiple raids in the wake of a devastating attack on a mosque.A gunman opened fire on a church south of Cairo on December 29th and was shot dead by policemen, police officials said.The gunman wounded five security guards outside the church and then tried to storm the building when police shot him dead, the officials said. The officials said they were searching for a possible second gunman who may have escaped.The Islamic State (IS) group's affiliate in Egypt has killed dozens of Christians in church bombings and shootings in 2017 and has threatened further attacks against the minority.The jihadists are believed to have also carried out a massacre of Muslim worshippers in Sinai in November, killing more than 300 in an attack on a mosque associated with the mystical Sufi strand of Islam which IS views as heretical.An alleged Christian armed group, the “Sons of Jesus Movement”, claimed the mosque attack in early December, but the claim was mostly ignored by jihadist channels on Telegram and by Egyptian media outlets.The army has poured in thousands of troops backed with armour and jets in a bid to crush the Sinai‐based jihadists, but attacks have continued. The

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 2018

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