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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 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 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...

"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

1000s Of Egyptian Muslims Show Up As Human Shields To Defend Coptic Christians From Terrorism
Source: Think Progress 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,

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,

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 ...

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...

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

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

8 dead in latest violence in central Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria - Christian youths attacked a car full of Muslims returning from a Wedding in central Nigeria, killing seven people inside the vehicle and sparking retaliatory violence that left one other person dead, an official said Saturday. It was the latest unrest in a fertile region that saw more than 500 people killed last year in massacres pitting Christians against Muslims. On Saturday, gunshots echoed through the troubled city of Jos, causing store owners to close their shops and fa...

Australia: Jihadist threats against four Coptic churches in Sydney
One priest told The Weekend Australian that "the nation's Islamic leaders need to speak out against the threats." Indeed. They're really slipping if they haven't even come out yet with the usual sound bytes against "Terrorism" and the assurances that Islam is "peaceful." Perhaps they have by now, or eventually they probably will. And that's about all they'll do, continuing with the pattern of half-measures for public consumption that characterize Muslim groups' responses to Crimes committed i...

11 dead in latest violence in central Nigeria
JOS, Nigeria (AP) - Christian youths attacked a car full of Muslims returning from a Wedding in central Nigeria, killing seven people inside the vehicle and sparking retaliatory violence that left one other person dead, an official said Saturday. Another three people were killed and several others were wounded Saturday in Jos, when a meeting of a political party aligned with former Military dictator Muhammadu Buhari collapsed into violence, witnesses said. It was the latest unrest in a fertile...

Somalia: Misunderstanders of Islam ban handshakes between men and women, women working in public, music, movies, bras
Where are the Moderate Muslim voices speaking up to say these Somali Muslims are getting Islam all wrong, wrong, wrong? Sharia Alert from Somalia: isn't it great that Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange made Oklahoma safe for Sharia? "Somali Islamists ban men, women from shaking hands," from AP, January 8 (thanks to all who sent this in): Mogadishu, Somalia (AP) -- Al-Qaida-linked Militants in war-torn southern Somalia have banned unrelated men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together...

Egypt fears Coptic Christmas bombings
Source: CBC Egyptian authorities put up a heavy security cordon early Thursday around the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo hours before Christmas Eve Mass, hoping to prevent another attack like the New Year's Suicide bombing of a church that killed 21 people. Al-Qaeda in Iraq had threatened Christians in Iraq and Egypt in the weeks leading up to the holidays, and Militant websites have even posted online lists of churches in Egypt to target with their addresses. Egypt's Coptic Christian minority, ...

Egypt Christians Mark Mournful Christmas Eve
Heavy-hearted Christians in Egypt packed churches to attend Christmas Eve masses Thursday. Those attending put aside fears of another attack like the Suicide bombing of an Alexandria church that killed 21 worshippers New Year's Day. "Before I congratulate you for Christmas, I want to mourn our Children in Alexandria and in many countries where they have been martyred; innocents who haven't done anything,' Pope Shenouda III, head of The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandr...

Egypt: Terror alert on Coptic Christmas
Police put up a security cordon around the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo yesterday, hours before their Christmas Eve Mass, using bomb-sniffing dogs, metal detectors and officers to try to prevent another attack like the New Year's Suicide bombing of a church that killed 21 people. Al-Qa'ida threatened Christians in Iraq and Egypt in the weeks before the holidays. Coptic Christians, who make up 10 per cent of the 80 million population, celebrate Christmas today. ...

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.” ...

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....

God Bless These Brave Muslims
Egypt's Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as "human shields" ...

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.) ...

The Islamist War Against Christianity
Against the meaning of his entire history as a prince of the church and also against various dicta issued by him later as the Vicar of Christ, Pope Benedict has proclaimed that he will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the conclave convened by Pope John Paul II in the Umbrian town of Assisi. That gathering assembled eminences from the "world religions" to pray together for peace. Cardinal Ratzinger, as the present pope was then called, did not attend, and his absence was rightly seen ...