1000s Of Egyptian Muslims Show Up As Human Shields To Defend Coptic Christians From Terrorism

Thousands Of Egyptian Muslims Show Up As 'Human Shields' To Defend Coptic Christians From Terrorism
On New Year's Day, a devastating Terrorist bombing at a Coptic church in Egypt killed 21 people and injured 79 others. Although the identity of the culprits was not known, it was assumed that they were Muslim Extremists, intent on targeting those they saw as heretics. Religious tensions immediately rose in the country, and angry Copts stormed streets, battled with police, and even vandalized a nearby Mosque. The riots and heightened tensions between the Muslim and Coptic communities was likely ...

Muslims in Egypt serve as "human shields" to protect Christians
The Coptic calendar is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church, the largest Christian church in Egypt which, according to tradition, is the Church of Alexandria established in the middle of the first century by St. Mark, a disciple of Jesus.  Copts account for 10% of Egypt's 80-million population. The Coptic calendar's years and months coincide with those of the Ethiopian calendar but with different numbers and names.  It has 13 months, 12 with 30 days each, and one month which is...

Thousands Of Egyptian Muslims Show Up As Human Shields To Defend Coptic Christians From Terrorism
On New Year’s Day, a devastating Terrorist bombing at a Coptic church in Egypt killed 21 people and injured 79 others. Although the identity of the culprits was not known, it was assumed that they were Muslim Extremists, intent on targeting those they saw as heretics. Religious tensions immediately rose in the country, and angry Copts stormed streets, battled with police, and even vandalized a nearby Mosque. The riots and heightened tensions between the Muslim and Coptic communities was ...

Muslim Human Shields for Egyptian Christians
I posted the other night about the “moderate” Muslims in Pakistan who publicly supported the Assassination of the Governor of Pakistan and anyone who agreed with him about modifying the Blasphemy law. In response, a commenter named Al-Khwarizmi left a link to an article from Ahram Online about Egyptian Muslims who volunteered to act as “human shields” for the Copts’ Christmas mass in their cathedral in Cairo, saying that “these are moderates”. I’ll...

Muslims In Egypt Use Themselves As 'Human Shields' To Protect Christian Community
Over the years while condemning Muslim Extremists this blog has tried to highlight moderate Muslims that stand up against Terrorists that kill innocents in the name of religion. Today a story is reported that undoubtedly qualifies as taking a stand. On New Years Eve 21 people were murdered in an attack against the Saints Church in Alexandria by Islamic Militants in a brutal act of Terrorism. This resulted in an unprecedented show of unity where millions of Egyptians replaced their Facebook pro...

Muslims offer their bodies as human shields...
Muslims turned up in droves for the Coptic Christmas mass Thursday night, offering their bodies, and lives, as “shields” to Egypt’s threatened Christian community. Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas Eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light Vigils held outside. From the well-...

Muslims offer their bodies as human shields...
... for Christians no less: Muslims turned up in droves for the Coptic Christmas mass Thursday night, offering their bodies, and lives, as "shields" to Egypt's threatened Christian community. Egypt's majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas Eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light Vigils held outside. From the...

Muslims Protecting Christians with their Bodies
Egyptian Muslims had promised to act as human shields for the Coptic Christians in their Christmas Eve mass, and they were true to their words: Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had a been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light Vigils held outside. From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had offe...

Egypts Muslims Serve as Human Shields for Coptic Christmas Mass
For the Coptic Christmas mass Thursday night, Egyptian Muslims offered their bodies, and lives, as “shields” to protect the threatened Christian community: Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had a been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas Eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light Vigils held outside. From the well-known to the unknown,

Egyptian Muslims and Egyptian Christians
Thousands of Muslims attended Christmas Mass at Coptic churches all over Egypt, to express their solidarity with the Christian community after a horrific bombing (whose origins are uncertain). Of course, both Muslims and Christians suffer under the terroristic Dictatorship installed and maintained by the US. Almost no American knows or cares about such CIA-Pentagon depredations, nor that the Muslim religion honors Jesus Christ and his Virgin Mother. (Thanks to Travis Holte.) ...

Egyptian Muslim Majority Rejects Al-Qaeda in Iraq's Murderous Call
Ahram Online:Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas Eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light Vigils held outside. From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had offered their bodies as “human shields” for last night’s mass, making a pledge to collectively fight the threat of Islamic Militant

An I am Spartacus Christmas: Muslims Stand with Coptic Christians In Egypt
Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas Eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light Vigils held outside. From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had offered their bodies as “human shields” for last night’s mass, making a pledge to collectively fight the threat of Islamic militan...

"We either live together or we die together"
"We either live together or we die together" by digby These people are putting it on the line: Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas Eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light Vigils held outside. From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had offered their bodies as “human shields” for last n

After The Deadly New Years Eve Attack Muslims Shield Christians in Egypt
We are led to believe violence and hatred against Muslims has grown since the 9-11 attacks ... and both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. But according to a recent FBI report it has not. In fact Hate Crimes against Muslims in the USA are "rare". On the other hand, another recent report has Islamic countries dominating the 2011 world watch list in persecution of Christians: Of the top 10 countries on the 2011 WWL, eight have Islamic majorities. Persecution has increased in seven of them. They are Ir...

Bir Zeit on the Hudson and the Alexandria terror attack
A Professor at Columbia University Bir Zeit on the Hudson has joined the chorus blaming the Mossad for last Friday night's Car Bomb targeting a Coptic Church in Alexandria, Egypt (I could not access the original source). Columbia's shame, Joseph Massad: "One week before the Terrorist Attack in Alexandria, the Egyptian authorities uncovered a major Israeli spy ring... Given the history of Mossad bombings of Egyptian Post Offices, cinemas, cultural centers, and train stations in...

We need much more of this
Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas Eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light Vigils held outside. From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had offered their bodies as “human shields” for last night’s mass, making a pledge to collectively fight the threat of Islamic milit...

Egypt Copts mark Christmas under tight security
Coptic Christians marked a sombre Christmas on Friday, after a deadly New Year's Day church bombing in Egypt sparked riots that injured dozens of policemen and Protesters. Egypt has been under tight security since the attack in the northern city of Alexandria killed 21 people, and the measures were stepped up for Christmas Eve services held for Copts on Thursday. Security officials said at least 70,000 officers and conscripts had been deployed across the country to secure churches as Copts, who ...

Sombre Christmas for Egypt's Copts after blast
Coptic Christians marked a sombre Christmas on Friday, after a deadly New Year's Day church bombing in Egypt sparked riots that injured dozens of policemen and Protesters. Egypt has been under tight security since the attack in the northern city of Alexandria killed 21 people, and the measures were stepped up for Christmas Eve services held for Copts on Thursday. Dozens of police were deployed around the Saints Church in Alexandria which was targeted in Saturday's attack. "We celebrate Christmas...

Coptic Christians just want to be treated like Egyptians
By Charlene Gubash, NBC News ProducerCAIRO – Christmas Eve mass for Coptic Christians in Egypt is usually a joyous celebration....

Why accusations that the Mossad was behind the Alexandria church attack should be cause for worry
Although it should be clear to anyone with a brain in his head that the accusations are patently false, Khaled Abu Toameh warns that the accusations against the Mossad in the Alexandria Coptic church attack, particularly coming from media affiliated with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party, should be cause for worry. By blaming the Mossad and the Jews for the church attack, the Egyptian leadership is trying to shift attention from the plight of the Coptic Christian minority, which ...

Italy: Muslims Open Fire on Author of Book on Islam's Uneasy Realtionship with Christianity
Another author in objective study of Islam targeted for death. It's adherence to Islamic (Sharia) Blasphemy law - do not defame Islam. "Islamophobia" is the dysphemism for candor. Those that blaspheme Islam are "islamophobics." Where is PEN, the artists community, the media? Did everyone get bored after Salmam Rushdie? I am sure Molly Norris thinks so. "Italy: Protection urged for Journalist after suspected radical Muslim gunman targets his car,"  AdnKro...

Why the attacks on Christians in Muslim countries
For any of you who don't get it yet, Italian parliamentarian Fiamma Nirenstein explains why Christians are being attacked in Muslim countries. The heart of the problem is right here: the Islamist world is determined to build a world in which the other two main faiths are held in a state of cultural, religious and political subjection. And instead, in the last seven centuries the western world has been dominanting and, in the bigoted interpretation of vast organizations and even entire countrie...

Egyptian Muslims Serve As Human Shields During Coptic Christmas Services
After a New Year's Eve attack against Coptic Christian Churches in Egypt, there was some concern that this week's celebration of Christmas by Egypt's oldest...

A HEARTENING REPORT FROM EGYPT: Egypts Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as human shi
A HEARTENING REPORT FROM Egypt: Egypt’s Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as “human shields.” ...

Philippine troops kill 2 al-Qaida-linked fighters
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Troops killed two suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen and captured another during a clash in the country's volatile south Sunday, enforcing a new Counterinsurgency plan that rules out any Peace Talks with the al-Qaida-linked Militants. Army Troops caught up with an unspecified number of Abu Sayyaf fighters and allied rebels during an assault in the mountainous outskirts of Tipo Tipo town on Basilan island, sparking a 45-minute gunbattle, army chief Lt. Gen. Arturo ...