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Baptism of Blood; honoring the Coptic Martyrs
First Things ^ | March 2019 | Martin Mosebach

Posted on 02/10/2019 6:06:56 PM PST by CondorFlight

...Then the name of President Obama appears, his middle name, Hussein, emphasized with capital letters. We are clearly meant to recall this Muslim name as Obama himself appears on the screen. . . he’s shown in apparent distress, mourning the atrocities committed in the name of Jesus during the Crusades. . .

“A Message Signed with Blood to the Nation of the Cross”: That’s the title of the film in English.

(Excerpt) Read more at firstthings.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Egypt; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abdelfattahelsisi; copt; copticchristians; egypt; egyptianchristians; islam; orthodox

1 posted on 02/10/2019 6:06:56 PM PST by CondorFlight
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To: CondorFlight

“Then, in a synchronized wave, the captors push their bound prisoners forward, faces down in the sand. They loom over them, kneel atop their backs, grab their hair, pull their heads up, unsheathe their knives, and hold the blades to their throats. No one screams, only a jumble of soft voices is audible: Ya Rabbi Yasou!—“Oh my Lord Jesus!”—the quick prayer of the dying.”


2 posted on 02/10/2019 6:08:13 PM PST by CondorFlight
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To: CondorFlight

Mark


3 posted on 02/10/2019 6:26:05 PM PST by sport
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To: CondorFlight

The True and
Living God
Be Praised!


4 posted on 02/10/2019 6:28:12 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: CondorFlight


5 posted on 02/10/2019 6:36:16 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Great nations do not fight endless wars." --Donald J. Trump, State of the Union speech 2019)
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To: CondorFlight

The families of the victims were grateful that the executioners gave those men the opportunity to pray. At one time the West had faith like that...


6 posted on 02/10/2019 7:26:58 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

Incredible suffering and heroism.


7 posted on 02/10/2019 7:55:25 PM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: Albion Wilde; Ad Orientam; antonius; aposiopetic; arielguard; bad company; blinachka; bob808; ...
Orthodox Ping!

Leeyakun thikruhu muabadan!

Memory Eternal!

Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!

8 posted on 02/10/2019 8:02:26 PM PST by lightman (Byzantine Troparia: the "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
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To: lightman
Some Coptics are Catholic.
9 posted on 02/10/2019 8:46:34 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Albion Wilde; CondorFlight

Thanks for posting this, to remind us whose side the last president was on...


10 posted on 02/10/2019 10:52:44 PM PST by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter)
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To: BlackVeil

Yes, Islam still provides Christianity with martyrs to this day.


11 posted on 02/11/2019 3:20:02 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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