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Egypt’s Copts want changes to law after deadly church fire
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CAIRO, 21 August 2022, (TON): Human rights advocates and public figures are calling on the Egyptian government to reform discriminatory laws restricting the building of churches in Egypt, which they say contributed to a fire at a Coptic Orthodox church that killed 41 people, including 18 children.
At least 14 others sustained injuries in the incident, which occurred during morning mass at the Abu Sefein Church in Imbaba, west of downtown Cairo.
According to the interior ministry “an electrical malfunction caused the fire. Videos on social media have depicted scenes of grief as hundreds of mourners gathered in a nearby church, sobbing as baby coffins made their way through the crowds during the funeral.”
In one family, a man lost his wife alongside their five-year-old twin girls, three-year-old son, and the children’s grandmother and aunt.
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