Death toll rises to 21 in Egypt church car bombing

After a Muslim woman disappeared, rumors of her converting and hiding in a church have led to mobs of angry men attacking Mar Girgis.

Shenouda had previously barred visits to occupied Jerusalem, a move which had kept him popular by Egypt's Muslim majority. Egypt's Coptic Church denies lifting the ban, but flights carrying Coptic pilgrims to Israel tell a different tale.

Conspiracy theories aside, Israel stands to gain from a Middle East destabilised by religious and civil strife