Posted on 08/08/2013 2:35:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Alarmed at the fresh targeting of Egyptian Christians since the military takeover, 16 human rights groups on Wednesday condemned both sides in the continuing standoff—Islamists for inciting violence against the religious minority and the state for not providing adequate protection. …
As Egyptian Muslims prepared to mark the end-of-Ramadan Eid holiday on Thursday, their Orthodox Coptic compatriots have little to celebrate.
Attacks against Christians have increased over the past month, with churches, homes and stores targeted, a Coptic priest shot dead, and several other Christians killed—including a shopkeeper in the Sinai who was kidnapped and beheaded.
Last weekend in a village called Bani Ahmed, Islamists reportedly torched at least nine homes and 24 stores owned by Christians as well as vehicles. Coptic youths demonstrated outside the Supreme Court on Monday, calling for authorities to act against the perpetrators of the sectarian violence. …
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Great indepth article on the Coptic situation - it explained stuff I’d been wondering about. Thanks for posting it. Seeing the Coptic Pope standing beside al Sisi must have made their blood curdle especially since, in their mentally compromised minds, Christians are supposed to be their inferior.
What are we coming to when Human Rights Organizations criticze Islam? Next thing you know they’ll be criticizing HAMAS for launching missiles into Israeli population centers. My goodness has the bleeding heart Liberal world lost it’s marbles?
The, “religion of peace”.
What a crock,
About as much a religion as scientology.
More like shams.
Muslims are killing members of other religions all over the World.
Why would human rights groups’ criticism of islamist groups do any thing at all since we know that islam has nothing to do with being human?
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