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21 Unremarkable Martyrs and Their Remarkable Gifts to the World
A writer goes in search of the young Coptic Christian men executed on film by ISIS.
Kent Annan
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Martin Mosebach’s new book, The 21,
tells the story of 21 Coptic Christians martyred by Muslim extremists
on a Libyan beach in 2015. I finished reading it a day before the
horrific terrorist attack by a white nationalist on two mosques in
Christchurch, New Zealand.
The
echoes between the martyrdoms in Libya and Christchurch are uncanny. In
both cases, the perpetrators made a video recording of their violent
acts in order to heighten fear and promote their demented vision of
purity. In both ...
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Friday, April 5, 2019
Coptic Christian men executed on film by ISIS
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