Not All Tidings are of Great Joy

JeffJacoby.Com ^ | December 23, 2009 | Jeff Jacoby

[trekdestroyer]

Not all tidings are of great joy

by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe December 23, 2009 Print Send RSS ShareThis As far back as the 5th century, the Monastery of Abu Fana in Upper Egypt was renowned, in the words of one travel guide, for its "exceptional splendor and prestige." In the 21st century, that grandeur is gone and the monastery has become instead a symbol of the abuse and degradation to which Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian community is regularly subjected.

In a room badly damaged during an attack on the monastery in Abu Fana, a Coptic monk wears a neck brace because of injuries he sustained. (Photo: New York Times) On May 31, 2008, a band of Bedouin Muslims armed with automatic weapons stormed Abu Fana, destroying a small church and burning the monastery's farm. Nine monks and monastery employees were wounded, and four others were abducted. "One of the [abducted] monks had his arm and legs broken," the Egyptian lawyer and human-rights activist Nagib Gabriel later testified. "The other two were tied together with ropes, suspended from a tree, and severely beaten with hoses and sticks. Afterwards, they were placed -- upside down and still tied together -- on the back of a donkey and shoved off. The monks were further commanded to spit on the cross and proclaim the shahada [the Muslim credo that "there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet"],

[pillut48]

Is it just me, or are we having a RASH of newbies floating stupid stories this evening?!

[Cyber Liberty]

I’d go easy on this one. trekdestroyer may have just registered today, but he/she’s posted on a number threads before this one. Zot-bait usually posts just once.

And the article isn’t stupid. The Copts have take a lot of abuse from Muzzies over the years.