Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, addresses the crowd at the Festival of Hope, an evangelistic rally held at the national stadium in Port-au-Prince, January 9, 2011.
Evangelist Franklin Graham says he agrees with Daily Mail editor Piers Morgan who said Monday that the Islamic State terror group is clearly targeting Christians following the bombings of two more churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday.
At least 45 people were killed in the two suicide bombings that
targeted Christians during church services in the cities of Tanta and
Alexandria.
The first attack took place at St.
George's Church in Tanta where an explosive device was reportedly planted near
the altar and detonated while the congregation was singing hymns. Soon
thereafter, in Alexandria, a suicide attacker detonated a bomb strapped around
his body as he stood outside St. Mark's Orthodox Coptic Cathedral.
Distraught by the terror attacks,
Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said in a Facebook Post on Tuesday, "Piers Morgan
is absolutely right in what he told Fox News about Sunday's church bombings in
Egypt."
"He said, 'What happened in Egypt
was unbelievably significant. You know if you look at what ISIS really stands
for, what they are carrying out now in the Middle East and in Egypt in
particular, is a kind of genocidal attack on Christians and Christianity. They
want Christianity eradicated and they want to convert all Muslims to their
crusade, they want it to be a holy war and they want Christians gone. And I
don't think that narrative is getting the attention that it should get in the
American media and the same in other media, as well as around the world.'"
"He's right!" Graham
exclaimed while concluding his post with an additional statement made by
Morgan: "'ISIS have declared war on Christianity.'"
Morgan was adamant in telling Fox News host Tucker Carlson that
the mainstream media in the United States is grossly underreporting IS' ongoing
attacks against Christians in Egypt.
"Of the attack on Saints
Petersburg last week, they made it absolutely clear this was a war against the
Cross — they said that! They are at war in their heads, with Christianity.
Not just Christianity, they're at war with all other religions as well. But
they have been singling out in increasingly virulent terms that their real war
now is against Christians and the Cross," Morgan added.
Morgan, a Catholic, said he's also
concerned about Pope Francis' scheduled trip to Egypt, noting that the pontiff
would be a massive "prize" for IS.
According to The Independent, the Minya Coptic Orthodox
Diocese announced that they'll tone down Easter celebrations this week to just
liturgical prayers "without any festive manifestations," following
the attack.
Egypt is now observing a three-month
state of emergency following the suicide bombings on Palm Sunday. The
pope also called for solidarity with Egypt's minority Coptic Christian
population.
The leader of the worldwide Catholic
Church plans to go ahead with his visit to Cairo on April 28–29 despite risk.
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