Posted on 01/27/2011 6:24:29 AM PST by ZULU
ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION No. 131
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED JANUARY 10, 2011
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman AMY H. HANDLIN
District 13 (Middlesex and Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Condemns the religious persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Assembly Resolution condemning the religious persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt.
Whereas, In the early morning hours of January 1, 2011, a bomb exploded in a Coptic Christian church, killing 21 and wounding nearly 100 worshippers attending a New Year’s Mass in Alexandria, Egypt; and
Whereas, The bombing, which left the church bloodstained and scarred with shrapnel from the blast, was the deadliest event in recent memory for the Coptic Christian community in Egypt; and
Whereas, This vile attack on the Coptic Christians in Egypt is the climax of a deeply disturbing trend of violence, discrimination, intolerance and other violations of human rights against Coptic Christians in Egypt during the past year; and
Whereas, Violence escalated for the first time in 2010, on January 6, when a drive-by shooting took the lives of six Coptic Christians and one police officer as worshippers were leaving midnight mass on Coptic Christmas Eve in the town of Nag’ Hammadi; and
Whereas, On March 12, 2010, in Marsa Matrouh, some 250 Muslim worshippers attacked a nearby Coptic Church, throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at the building and injuring approximately two dozen Coptic Christians inside; and
Whereas, Again, on November 24, 2010, violence left many injured and one dead in the town of Giza after Egyptian police violently halted construction on a Coptic Church and then forcibly dispersed a demonstration against the government’s interference; and
Whereas, In addition to violence, Coptic Christians in Egypt face official and societal discrimination, such that there are few Christians in the highest levels of the government and military; and
Whereas, Government permission is required before Christians can build or improve a church, and applications for building permits are routinely ignored by government officials; and
Whereas, Although there is no official prohibition against proselytizing, non-Muslims are often prosecuted by the Egyptian government for proselytizing; and
Whereas, Coptic Christians make up about 10 percent of Egypt's population of 80 million, and are a vital religious organization, with roots reaching back to the very foundations of Christianity; and
Whereas, Believers in religious freedom cannot remain silent in the face of such egregious violations of human rights; and
Whereas, It is fitting and proper for this House to show its solidarity with the Coptic Christian community and its commitment to religious freedom during this difficult time; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. This House condemns the religious persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt and calls upon Egypt to take steps to protect the rights of this community to practice their religion in peace.
2. Duly authenticated copies of this resolution, signed by the Speaker of the General Assembly and attested by the Secretary thereof, shall be transmitted to the Egyptian Ambassador to the United Nations and to the Secretary General of the United Nations.
STATEMENT
This resolution condemns the religious persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt and calls upon Egypt to take steps to protect the rights of this community to practice their religion in peace.
As anyone who posts on this forum is aware, Christians throughout the Islamic world and even in the Christian world, have been under attack by Islam.
Nowhere is this more obvious than in Egypt. The Copts represent a Christian minority of 10% in an otherwise totally Islam population. They are descended from the ORIGINAL Egyptians, the pyramid builders, NOT from Arab desert marauders.
This bill was introduced on January 10th of this year and withdrawn from consideration ten days later. No expalantion given.
Why?
Its intersting that the sponsor is the Deputy Republican Leader in the State Assembly.
Its ALSO interesting in light of the article:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0111/emerson012011.php3?printer_friendly
Could the Islamic-loving "conservative" governor pressured the sponsor to wuithdraw this bill?
In the Byzantine world of New Jersey politics we will never know for sure.
But its a DISGRACE that ANYONE in government would find fault with this bill.
Perhaps the recent events in Egypt made them back off???
Never know.
Perhaps.
But it was pulled on January 20th.
I think the trouble over there started after that date, but I could be wrong.
?????
Still fighting doctrinal battles after 1500 years?
The fact is these people are our Christian brothers and sisters, that they have fought a long and hard battle in the face of incredible Islamic persecution and any people who have suffered under Islam should be sympathtic to their plight.
Further, it shouold teach us the DANGERS of thinking we can reach ANY kind of accomodation with these religious maniacs.
There may have been state department warnings or alerts of the coming trouble...sounds like it is spreading now to Yemeni as well!!!
I wish that they would pass measures like this though and I wish the media would cover these atrocities...
Islam is a cult of maniacs.
We need to stop accomodating them here and letting them know there are consequences for persecuting non-Muslims in their own countries.
We need to take the initiative against them.
Send in the Jersey Blues
We could use the Jersey Blues, but the only Blues in New Jersey lately are the Jersey blues, not Blues.
True.. The Copts are proof Islam is a religious disease..
AN infection of religiousity by political tactics..
A political ruse masked as a religion..
However, not all christians are christians nor are all muslims... Muslims..
What they seem to be, may not, be who they are...
Most Islamics are not evil, nor bad people. Not anymore than all Germans were bad or evil during the Nazi era. We need to identify those who use that religion for evil and deal with them...
Adherents to Islam may not be evil, but Islam is. The degree to which they follow the tenets of Islam is a measure of how likely they are to commit or at least condone evil acts like vandalism, rape, and terrorism done to further spread the influence of Islam.
Islam is the root of the problem and we are only spinning our wheels until we as a civilization recognize and deal with the fact.
If you are a “good”, i.e. othodox. practising Muslim, there are certain things you must beleive in. They aren;t like modeern CHristians, many of whom think there religion is a Chinese menu with things they can believe in or not as they choose.
To get inside the mind of a modern day orthodox Muslim, you must think like a Christian of the 1200’s - only with a lot more death and dead-ication.
You must believe in a theocratic state which imposes Sharia Law on the whole world, that non-Muslims are evil people who need to be converted, suppressed to second class subordinate citizens or destroyed, that all dogs are unclean, that women are subordinate to men, that exposure of one’s body to a greater or lesser degree depending on sex is immoral, that mutilations and stonings, and beheadings are necessary to punish “evildoers”., etc.
I think we are making a serious mistake when we think we can draw an anology between the German versus NAZI situation in WW2 and compare it with Islamists and Muslims.
The only difference between the latter is their readiness to die or kill personally, not their views of the religious enjunctions to do so.
Condemns the religious persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt. >>
What? I thought islam was the religion of peace, they sure have a funny way of showing it.
Meanwhile, Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, is nominating a Muslim to the Superior Court of New Jersey in Passaic County.
Not any Muslim, mind you, but one with ties to Islamist Terrorists.
Chris Christie, the guy who will give the United States its first Cadi.
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