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Former Fort Worth woman leaving Islamic Egypt ‘irrevocably’
Fort Worth Star-Telegram ^ | Sunday, Apr. 14, 2013 | Anna M. Tinsley

Posted on 04/14/2013 11:55:10 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Mary Thornberry never thought this day would come.

But she has decided she can no longer stay in Egypt—the country she has loved and chosen to live in for nearly two decades, through revolts, protests and the political uprising that swept President Hosni Mubarak out and Mohamed Morsi into power.

“In sorrow and anguish, I shake the Egyptian sands from my sandals and return home,” Thornberry, a former Fort Worth resident, told the Star-Telegram in a recent email. “This is forever. Irrevocably.”

She made the decision as the number of deaths and injuries rises in the midst of clashes between Christians and Coptic Christians. …

“I can no longer abide the emerging Islamic Republic of Egypt,” wrote Thornberry, 78, who moved to Egypt more than 17 years ago to study ancient Egyptian history after living in Fort Worth with her husband, James Derrick, for about 20 years. … “The so-called principles of Islam are being put into place,” Thornberry said. …

(Excerpt) Read more at star-telegram.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; marythornberry; muslimbrotherhood; rop
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To: Olog-hai

Ancient Egypt made a comeback


21 posted on 04/15/2013 4:53:46 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: quimby
"She made the decision as the number of deaths and injuries rises in the midst of clashes between Christians and Coptic Christians."

This statement is a flat out lie. There are no clashes between Christians and Coptic Christians. Either she is not being truthful or the author of the article is wrong. Or maybe it is that the media can just no longer bring themselves to report Muslims as the troublemakers.

I was in Cairo a year 1/2 ago with a Coptic Christian guide. Essentially all of the Christians in Egypt are Coptic Christians.

22 posted on 04/15/2013 5:05:04 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie mmm mmm mmm)
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To: WVKayaker

Nuke ‘em ‘till they glow; then shoot ‘em in the dark!


23 posted on 04/15/2013 9:16:55 AM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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