To: scars
The parents still have Arabic sounding names. So the parents were probably Muslim at one time. I would still look at family members who were Muslim for a possoble "honor killing".
83 posted on
01/15/2005 5:14:55 PM PST by
Blood of Tyrants
(God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Agreed. I didn't even think of family members or honor killing, it's just so far removed from the way I(we) think. You're right, though.
89 posted on
01/15/2005 5:21:04 PM PST by
scars
To: Blood of Tyrants
Just doing what they could for coptics in egypt would be enough problem for them, I'd think. The egyptian authorities get the name from the ones recieving aid, and call one of the many muhammedans in Jersey to deal with it.
To: Blood of Tyrants
The story says that the family were already Christian when they emigrated. Also, it doesn't seem likely that they would be on good terms with their relatives if there were a religious difference. There's nothing strange about an Arab having an Arabic sounding name.
Still, I hope the police haven't overlooked this point.
To: Blood of Tyrants
Most Copts have what Americans would regard as 'Arabic sounding' names: with the exception of a Miriam, every membe of the two Coptic families who come to our little Orthodox (meaning Eastern Orthodox = Rum in the Middle East) mission when they don't make the two and a quarter hour trek to the nearest Coptic church have 'Arabic sounding' names.
113 posted on
01/15/2005 6:49:31 PM PST by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know what this was)
To: Blood of Tyrants
The parents still have Arabic sounding names. So the parents were probably Muslim at one time. I would still look at family members who were Muslim for a possoble "honor killing".
Arab does not necessarily mean Mooselimb. The Lebanese etc are Christian Arabs and were Christians in the first centuries after Christ. Syria itself is 10% Christian, Egypt, 2%, Lebanon 44%, Iraq 2%, etc.
224 posted on
01/16/2005 4:27:56 AM PST by
Cronos
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