[appalachian_dweller]

Re # 3044

>> Relatives of the Egyptian Christian family slain last week in New Jersey blamed the violence of American society for the killings, saying Tuesday that they doubted it was a religious crime. <<

And the cover up continues....

It's America's fault. It's Bush's fault.

Excuse me while I go puke. This is making me sick!

[freeperfromnj]

It's making me sick too! Yesteday I watched clips from several different local networks showing members in the community clearly afraid for the lives of their families and seemingly convinced that it was muslims who did this. Today the coverage has all but disappeared and relatives and friends have suddenly changed their tune. How can the connection to Sheik Rahman be ignored? How can the internet threat to hunt down and kill the father be ignored?

[all4one]

Pure BS....so how do the Egyptian relatives explain similar crimes against Christians in EGYPT?! This crime in NJ is a carry-over from the clashes between Christians and Muslims in the Middle-East...this is not a U.S. problem...well not until now.

Egyptian President Reassures Christians After Clashes (1/14/05)

Egypt's President reassured followers of the Coptic Church that they were full members of Egyptian society after recent clashes between Christians and Muslims, sources reported earlier this week...

"Christians are not a minority in Egypt, they are Egyptian by origin and birth."

According to MiddleEastOnline, Mubarak played down clashes between Christians and Muslims in the run-up to last Friday's Coptic Christmas, saying that such unrest "happens all over the world."

Last month, hundreds of Coptic Christians--Egypt's largest Christian denomination-- staged protests in Cairo and in the west delta province of Beheira following the alleged abduction and forced conversion of Wefaa Constantine--the wife of a Coptic priest--to Islam.

Although the alleged abduction and forced conversion of Constantine sparked the protests, sources say the protest was also a response to the Egyptian government's sanction of anti-Coptic hate crimes such as arson, torture, murder, and the abduction, rape, and forced conversion of young Coptic women.

However, by then at least 60 police were wounded in ensuing clashes and 34 demonstrators were arrested.

Link to Full Article

[MamaDearest]

Relatives of the Egyptian Christian family slain last week in New Jersey blamed the violence of American society for the killings, saying Tuesday that they doubted it was a religious crime.

I pity the souls of the deceased and the disdain for American society of their relatives.