Egyptians Destroy Church Hours After First Prayer Service

WorldNetDaily ^ | 12/19/01

[LA-Lawyer]

Egypt destroys new Coptic church

Police help demolish building hours after 1st prayer meeting

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The U.S. Copts Association says Egyptian officials outside of Cairo destroyed a newly built Coptic church just hours after it opened its doors and held its first prayer meeting.

The church had reportedly obtained all the proper permissions from President Hosni Mubarak's administration to build the facility in Al-Ubor city. Police forces reportedly participated in the destruction.

The first building opened Saturday. The first prayer meeting was held Sunday.

According to a statement by the association, Galal Sayed Al-Ahl, the mayor of the city, had been threatening the congregation during the building of the church's gate. Hours after the congregation finished its first prayer meeting, Al-Ahl and his local police forces stormed the church, arresting 10 members of the Coptic community and flattened what was built of the church.

This is not the first time Mubarak has issued permission to build a church only to allow it to be destroyed by local government officials who report to him, according to the association.

"It seems that there is an unspoken deal between higher government officials and the local officials when it comes to church construction in Egypt," said association President Michael Meunier. "Under international scrutiny, the Egyptian government issues limited number of new permits for church construction, but it gives all incentives to its local officials to stop the construction."

The association is calling on the Mubarak regime to conduct an investigation. It says in prior church-destruction incidents, no officials have been punished and the churches have been forced to bear the cost of rebuilding.

[LA-Lawyer]

Ah, yes...Islam. The religion of peace and tolerance.

[Publius6961]

Obviously a Mossad fabrication.
And they probably arranged to shoot some journalists too.

[Kay Soze]

LIES

ALL LIES

This was done by the Zionists pigs and the CIA

Osama is a virtual 3d generated character and does not exist.

islam means : peace, love, harmony, tolerance and fun!

[harpseal]

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[crystalk]

I think maybe Egypt ought to declare a Christian awareness week, and Mubarak ought to invite leading Christians in that country to come in and pray to the Christian God, in the presence of Egyptian leaders.

Not holding my breath. LOL.

[End Times Sentinel]

It’s all just a misunderstanding: Islam is a PIECFUL religion, as in anything non-muslim gets smashed to pieces.

[CdMGuy]

I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you. Round up the usual suspects.

[denydenydeny]

This is not the first time Mubarak has issued permission to build a church only to allow it to be destroyed by local government officials who report to him

[Jarhead_22]

And just the other day, President Bush held an end-of-Ramadan observance at the White House. God, it turns my stomach that we pander to these people.

[classygreeneyedblonde]

Now if someone did that to a mosque they would be hung

[mikeIII]

"I think maybe Egypt ought to declare a Christian awareness week, and Mubarak ought to invite leading Christians in that country to come in and pray to the Christian God, in the presence of Egyptian leaders."

What about the commemorative postage stamp???

[Stavka2]

Now why do these maggets get $3 billion a year and all the top high tech weapons America can sell them?

[crazykatz]

There are quite a few Coptic Christians refugees in Florida who have fled muslim "LOVE and PEACE" in the last few years...they could just NOT stand to be loved TO DEATH!!

The last I heard was that were meeting in other established Orthodox Christian churches in the state. I know one of one group in Daytona which, I believe, has built a church and another group in Jacksonville which is trying to raise the funds to buy land.

[crazykatz]

BUMP

[johniegrad]

It may be time for a Crusade in the classic sense of the word.

[TopDog2]

muslims refuse to coexist with any other religeon. islam has been waging a war against Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and every other religeon. Unfortunately for these other religeons, this has been, so far, a one-sided war.

[FormerLib]

Standard practice for peaceful and tolerant Muslims. You need look no further than Kosovo for all the evidence that you should ever need.

[crystalk]

Are you really that close by here, CK? We're practically neighbors.

[ikanakattara]

Do you think Mubarak is going to have a Christmas Party in Cairo this year, just as President Bush had a post-Ramadan party?

[Broward Lion]

Time to quit paying the $3 billion bribe to them. Let's step back, unleash the Jews and let trhem nuke all of the "peaceful arab moslems back to the 6th century they are still living in. We will not have peace as long as there are arab moslems. It is us or them. Are we as tough as them. If notg we will die.