Posted on 10/01/2011 2:55:52 PM PDT by marshmallow
Throng of 3,000, including Salafists, burn Christian-owned houses, businesses.
CAIRO, Egypt, September 30 (CDN) A group of hard-line Muslims attacked a church building in Upper Egypt this afternoon, torching the structure and then looting and burning nearby Christian-owned homes and businesses.
The 3,000-strong mob of hard-line and Salafi Muslims gutted the Mar Gerges Church in the Elmarenab village of Aswan, then demolished much of its remains, multiple witnesses at the scene said. The mob also razed four homes near the church and two businesses, all Christian-owned. Looting was also reported.
Michael Ramzy, a villager in Elmarenab, said the attack started shortly after Muslims held their afternoon prayers.
Imams in more than 20 mosques called for crowds to gather and destroy the church and demolish the houses of the Copts and loot their properties, Ramzy told local media.
The Mar Gerges burning is the third church in Egypt in seven months to be burned down by a mob. Additionally, numerous other churches have been looted or otherwise attacked this year, including a New Years Eve bombing at the Two Saints Church in Alexandria that left 23 dead and scores critically wounded.
No casualties have yet been reported in todays attack.
The tension in Elmarenab started the last week of August, when Muslim extremists, many of them thought to be members of the Salafi movement, which patterns its belief and practices on the first three generations of Muslims, voiced anger over renovations taking place at the church and anything perceived as a Christian symbol that could be seen from the outside.
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Pray for these Christians.
Obama gave Egypt how much money this year??
The plan is working.
Were they carrying Obama 2012 signs?
They’re a shoe-in for The Nobel Prize!
No springtime for Arab Christians. I wonder, wouldn’t it be great if Israel were to offer refuge to Christians suffering persecution in the ME?? Or, if even the U.S. would speak up on their behalf??
More from the religion of peace. There is only one reaction and one solution that the Muslims will understand. Like the old attorney joke, what do you call 3,000 dead Muslims?
When one side fights in a war, and their enemy does not fight back, it emboldens the brutal and cowardly to be more aggressive and more vicious. Unless somebody fights back, there is no end to such strife other than the extermination of those who refused to fight.
Death to these Islamists and their mothers for having them!
They are just getting started.
Christians in the Middle east are in a very precarious position.
They can expect no help.
Not from America or Europe.
The Arab Spring could very well turn into the Christian Holocaust.
This is a religious war and should be fought like a war, A new Crusade made up of Christians & Jews needs to be formed to turn back the Muslims as it did in history, other wise Musims grow stronger, and their atrocities multiply.
I'm sure it was a misunderstanding.
The Muzzies obviously thought they were Jews.
ML/NJ
The only question is how long it will take the Arab Spring to evolve into another Islamic Republic.
Muslims attacked a church building in Upper Egypt this afternoon, torching the structure and then looting and burning nearby Christian-owned homes and businesses... 3,000-strong mob of hard-line and Salafi Muslims... Michael Ramzy, a villager in Elmarenab, said the attack started shortly after Muslims held their afternoon prayers. "Imams in more than 20 mosques called for crowds to gather and destroy the church and demolish the houses of the Copts and loot their properties," Ramzy told local media... the third church in Egypt in seven months to be burned down by a mob... numerous other churches have been looted or otherwise attacked this year... Muslim extremists... voiced anger over renovations taking place at the church and anything perceived as a Christian symbol that could be seen from the outside.Zero stands with
This is a religious war and should be fought like a war, A new Crusade made up of Christians & Jews needs to be formed to turn back the Muslims as it did in history, other wise Musims grow stronger, and their atrocities multiply.
From your lips to God’s ears!
But, even if Jews and Christians are willing to fight~~ something tells me they will have to fight not only the muzzies but Western leaders that will sadly stop them too~or try~
I have no doubt that at this point in time you are correct.
This point in time will pass as their outrages grow, and they will grow. Hopefully, at some point before Muslims grow too strong even the “Diplomats” who have been screwing up by allowing these people to become strong will see the error of their ways.
Our first efforts to help Christians and Jews in the Middle east must be to rid ourselves of Obama and Hillary.
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