On November 24th, hundreds of Sufi Muslims gathered in al Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, Egypt. As Friday morning prayers came to a close, a bomb tore through the crowd, and 25 to 30 gunmen open fired through the door and 12 windows of the mosque. The death toll is currently 305 people, 27 of whom are children, with an additional 128 wounded. This tragedy is the deadliest in recent Egyptian history. 
While the attackers have not been individually identified, the shooters were determined to be members of the Islamic State. The terrorist organization, though it has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack, had reportedly warned Al Rawdah residents not to hold Sufi rituals, which are viewed by the insurgents as heretical.
Experts on the Islamic State’s Sinai insurgency – which has killed hundreds of soldiers and police in the past three years – say that the mosque was publicly identified months ago as a potential target, and further action must be taken to prevent such “untold horrors.”
Such cruelty is difficult to fully grasp, and the Islamic State is an enemy which does not appear to fear death. However, it is nonetheless vital to remember this devastation and take action to protect all potential victims of this barbarity. In an effort to do so, Egypt has launched a series of airstrikes and raids to seek out potential hideouts and vehicles complicit in the attack.
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi furthermore promises that “the police and military will avenge [the] martyrs and restore peace and security,” and declares that Egypt will remain “steadfast” in the fight against terrorism.
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