According to the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of Minya, in describing the worsening state of persecution against the Copts in Egypt:

What happened within two weeks, hasn’t happen over years; churches are closed, the Coptic Christians are being attacked and their property destroyed, and there is no deterrent

The walls have been closing in for the historic Coptic Church in Egypt, yet virtually nothing is being done.

they have been pelted by rocks while the government in the southern province of Minya has closed down four churches this past month

Coptic Christians have been fleeing Egypt by the tens of thousands since Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi took over in 2012. After Morsi was toppled by a military coup in 2013, the Muslim Brotherhood blamed the nation’s Christians, and attacks upon them intensified.

Last April, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi declared a state of emergency after an Islamic State attack on two Coptic churches killed at least 43 people.

One needs to wonder what is going on with Sisi, with all his talk against “radical Islam” and his outward verbal support for the Coptic Church. According to the International Business Times:

Christians continue to complain of rampant and systemic discrimination, and they are virtually shut out from the political sphere. All church construction and repairs must be approved by authorities, and Christians in rural areas have frequently been on the receiving end of violent attacks. Human rights groups say crimes against Christians regularly go unpunished.

“Coptic Christians Pelted With Rocks, Four Churches Closed as Government Treats Prayer ‘as a Crime’”, by Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post, October 31, 2017: