Three months after the Egyptian army liberated Delga from militant Muslims, Islamists and criminals are terrorising Christians in other towns across Egypt, it was reported in mid-November.
Islamists in the towns are again charging the Jizya — a Koranic fine also known as the ‘submission’ or ‘humiliation’ tax — on non-Muslims, after a lull following the retaking of Delga, said human rights activists within the country. In several towns across Egypt, Muslim extremists and criminals have set up a cottage industry persecuting Christians for profit, the activists said.
Threats
Extortionists using the threat of kidnapping, torture and murder are seizing money, land and other property from Christians throughout the southern part of the country, but mainly in Minya and Assiut Governorates.
