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Botroseya Church bombing, the Glossary

On 11 December 2016, a suicide bomber killed 29 people and injured 47 others at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (commonly known as El-Botroseya Church), a chapel next to Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope, in Cairo's Abbasia district.^[1]

Abbassia

Abbassia (العباسية) is a neighbourhood that makes up five shiakhas (census blocks) in al-Wayli district in Cairo, Egypt. The Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo is located in Abbassia. The medical faculty of Ain Shams University and its affiliate hospital units are located in Abbassia.

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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Abd el-Fattah el-Sisi (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has been serving as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014.

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Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali

Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali (born 6 February 1943) is the current finance minister of Bangladesh who also served as parliamentarian and cabinet minister including the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2019.

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Al Arabiya English

Al Arabiya English is the English language service of the Saudi state-owned Al-Arabiya News Channel.

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Al-Ahram

Al-Ahram (الأهرام), founded on 5 August 1876, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after Al-Waqa'i' al-Misriyya (The Egyptian Events, founded 1828).

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Amaq News Agency

Amaq News Agency (translit) is a news outlet linked to the Islamic State (IS).

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.

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Andrzej Duda

Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has been serving as President of Poland since 2015.

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Ansar Bait al-Maqdis

Ansar Bait al-Maqdis (ABM; Holy House), or Ansar Al-Quds, was a jihadist, extremist terrorist group based in Sinai from 2011 to 2014.

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Attorney general

In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (attorneys general) or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government.

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Benjamin Netanyahu

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Cairo

Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.

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Cairo International Airport

Cairo International Airport (Maṭār El Qāhira El Dawli) is the principal international airport of Cairo and the largest and busiest airport in Egypt.

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Cairo Metro

The Cairo Metro (Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or مترو الأنفاق) is a rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt.

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Coptic Orthodox Church

The Coptic Orthodox Church (lit), also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt.

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Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States

The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States is a diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria located in the United States of America and encompassing the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.

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Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA; Kagawaran ng Ugnayang Panlabas) is the executive department of the Philippine government tasked to contribute to the enhancement of national security, protection of the territorial integrity and national sovereignty, to participate in the national endeavor of sustaining development and enhancing the Philippines' competitive edge, to protect the rights and promote the welfare of Filipinos overseas and to mobilize them as partners in national development, to project a positive image of the Philippines, and to increase international understanding of Philippine culture for mutually-beneficial relations with other countries.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Egypt Standard Time

Egypt Standard Time (EGY) (Tawqīt Miṣr al-qiyāsiyy) is UTC+02:00, which is equivalent to Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time and Central European Summer Time, and is co-linear with neighbouring Libya and Sudan.

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Explosive belt

An explosive belt (also called suicide belt or a suicide vest) is an improvised explosive device, a belt or a vest packed with explosives and armed with a detonator, worn by suicide bombers.

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George Vella

George William Vella (born 24 April 1942) is a Maltese politician who served as the 10th president of Malta from 2019 to 2024.

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Hamas

Hamas, an acronym of its official name, Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (lit), is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant resistance movement governing parts of the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip since 2007.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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Islamic State

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.

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Islamic State – Sinai Province

The Islamic State – Sinai Province (IS-SP; الدولة الإسلامية – ولاية سيناء, al-Dawlah al-Islāmiyah – Wilayah Sīnāʼ) was a branch of the terrorist Islamist group Islamic State that was active in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.

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Ismail Cabinet

The cabinet of Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail was formed on 19 September 2015.

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Magdy Abdel Ghaffar

Magdy Abdel Ghaffar is the former Interior Minister of Egypt who was in office from March 6, 2015 until June 14, 2018.

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Mariano Rajoy

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Middle East News Agency

The Middle East News Agency (MENA) is a news agency based in Egypt.

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Ministry of Interior (Egypt)

The Ministry of Interior of Egypt is a part of the Cabinet of Egypt.

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Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood (جماعة الاخوان المسلمين jamāʿat /al-ikhwan/el-ekhwan al-muslimīn) is a Sunni Islamist religious, political, and social movement,Eric Trager, " ", Foreign Affairs, September October 2011, p. 114–222.

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National Security Agency (Egypt)

The National Security Agency (قطاع الأمن الوطني,, also Homeland Security) is an Egyptian security service, the main domestic security agency of Egypt and the successor of the State Security Investigations Service (مباحث أمن الدولة). (Two other security agencies are the Military Intelligence and the General Intelligence Service which traditionally specializes in foreign intelligence gathering.) Its main responsibilities are counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance.

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Nile TV International

Nile TV International is a public Egyptian television channel.

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Palm Sunday church bombings

On Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, twin suicide bombings took place at St. Botroseya Church bombing and Palm Sunday church bombings are 21st-century mass murder in Egypt, attacks on churches in Egypt, church bombings by Islamists, Filmed suicide bombings, ISIL terrorist incidents in Egypt, persecution of Copts by ISIL and suicide bombings in Egypt.

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Persecution of Copts

The persecution of Copts and discrimination against Coptic Orthodox Christians are historic and widespread issues in Egypt. Botroseya Church bombing and persecution of Copts are Coptic history.

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Pope Francis

Pope Francis (Franciscus; Francesco; Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

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Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church

The Pope (translit; lit), also known as the Bishop of Alexandria, or Patriarch of Alexandria, is the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, with ancient Christian roots in Egypt.

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Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

Pope Tawadros II or Theodore II (translit; البابا تواضروس الثانى; born on 4 November 1952) is the 118th and current pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St. Mark, succeeding the late Pope Shenouda III as leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.

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President of Egypt

The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt (رئيس جمهورية مصر العربية.) is the executive head of state of Egypt and the de facto appointee of the official head of government under the Egyptian Constitution of 2014.

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Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral

St.

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Sameh Shoukry

Sameh Hassan Shoukry (سامح شكري; born 20 October 1952) is an Egyptian diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2024.

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Saudi Press Agency

The Saudi Press Agency (SPA; وكالة الأنباء السعودية) is the state news agency of Saudi Arabia.

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Sherif Ismail

Sherif Ismail (Šarīf ʾIsmāʿīl,; 6 July 1955 – 4 February 2023) was an Egyptian engineer and politician who served as the prime minister of Egypt from 2015 to 2018.

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St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Cairo

St.

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State of emergency

A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens.

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Suicide attack

A suicide attack is a deliberate attack in which the perpetrators knowingly sacrifice their own lives as part of the attack.

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The Times of Israel

The Times of Israel is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper that was launched in 2012.

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TNT

Trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT (and more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene), and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3.

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Twitter

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United Nations Security Council

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Vladimir Putin

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YouTube

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2011 Alexandria bombing

The 2011 Alexandria bombing was an attack on Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, on Saturday, 1 January 2011. Botroseya Church bombing and 2011 Alexandria bombing are 21st-century mass murder in Egypt, attacks on churches in Egypt, church bombings by Islamists and suicide bombings in Egypt.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botroseya_Church_bombing

Also known as 2016 Cairo Cathedral bombing, 2016 Cairo bombing, Martyrs of Botroseya Church, Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral bombing.

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Botroseya Church bombing, the Glossary

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See also

2010s in Cairo

2016 building bombings

2016 fires

2016 murders in Egypt

21st-century mass murder in Egypt

Arson in 2016

Arson in Egypt

Attacks on churches in Egypt

Christianity in Cairo

Church bombings by Islamists

Coptic history

Copts in Cairo

December 2016 crimes in Africa

Filmed suicide bombings

ISIL terrorist incidents in Egypt

Improvised explosive device bombings in Cairo

Mass murder in Cairo

Persecution of Copts by ISIL

Suicide bombings in Egypt

Terrorist incidents in Egypt in 2016

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