Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Christian life in Egypt

Life for Christians in a "peaceful," moderate, Muslim Country:
For the past three and half decades, the Copts (Christians of Egypt) have
been targeted by a wave of brutal attacks on their persons, churches, homes and
businesses. Ibn Khaldoun Research Center (headed by Human Rights advocate
Saad Eddin Ibrahim) documented over one hundred and twenty major attacks on the Copts during this period. Another study estimated that over 4000 Copts were
killed or injured during this period, not to mention the material losses, in tens of Millions of Dollars, and the state of fear and mass immigration that followed.

One phenomenal one can't help but observe is that much of these attacks took place after attending the Muslim Friday prayers in mosques. Most significant, also, is that the vast majority of these attacks were not committed by organized terrorist groups, but by seemingly 'ordinary' people from the neighborhood, under the influence of hate propaganda emitted through the media, the education system and mosque preaching. The Egyptian justice system has yet to adequately punish a single Muslim perpetrator. (Christian Newswire)

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