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Coptic Christian protest urges White House action against Islamic State
UK Daily Mail ^ | February 24, 2015 | Pamela Constable

Posted on 02/25/2015 12:52:07 PM PST by C19fan

Hanna Asaad, a network engineer in Fairfax, Va., grew up in the village of Aloor in southern Egypt. He was able to immigrate to the United States several years ago, but his best friend and cousin, Samuel Alham, sought work as a laborer in nearby Libya, like many other Coptic Christians in the impoverished region.

Shortly after Christmas, Alham and 20 of his fellow Coptic laborers were kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Libya. In mid-February, they were marched to a Mediterranean beach in handcuffs and orange prison jumpsuits. Then they were beheaded with knives as a video camera recorded the gruesome scene.

On Tuesday, Asaad, 29, joined 20 protesters who donned orange jumpsuits and stood outside the White House, then knelt with their hands behind their backs. Behind them, other demonstrators held up photographs of the real victims and the blood-red waves where their headless corpses were thrown.

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


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KEYWORDS: christian; coptic; isis
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Do Christian lives matter, Obama?
1 posted on 02/25/2015 12:52:07 PM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

no not a bit.


2 posted on 02/25/2015 12:53:16 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: C19fan
This is a Holocaust
3 posted on 02/25/2015 12:53:55 PM PST by iowacornman (Republicans are worthless)
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Obama is so outraged, that he is speechless.


4 posted on 02/25/2015 12:55:50 PM PST by allendale
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To: C19fan
Here's the answer they got

5 posted on 02/25/2015 12:56:00 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: C19fan

We’re screwed but they’re really screwed!


6 posted on 02/25/2015 12:56:36 PM PST by ryan71 (Bibles, Beans and Bullets)
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To: C19fan

White Hut response: “Suck it, Christians!”


7 posted on 02/25/2015 12:58:14 PM PST by clintonh8r (ISIS IS ISlam)
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To: C19fan

Good luck with that. They’ll need it. Or rather, they’ll need divine intervention. No joke.


8 posted on 02/25/2015 1:01:34 PM PST by piytar (If you don't know what the doctrines of taqiyya and abrogation are, you are a fool!)
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To: clintonh8r

Buy lots of guns and ammo.

Today.


9 posted on 02/25/2015 1:02:33 PM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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RE: urges White House action against Islamic State

OK, even if the President were not Obama, realistically, what can the white House do to rescue the Copts?


10 posted on 02/25/2015 1:04:17 PM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: iowacornman

If the White House takes immediate action against anyone, it will be the Coptic Christians. Followed by the Western Christians.


11 posted on 02/25/2015 1:04:26 PM PST by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: C19fan

I wondered how many Christians attended a church where their murders were not even mentioned? If you did, I encourage you to pray about that. Christians in this country need to b outraged, loud, mad, etc...me included!! I am probably out of line....I am just so mad about it!!!


12 posted on 02/25/2015 1:06:34 PM PST by yellowdoghunter (Welcome to Obamastan! (Mrs. Yellowdoghunter))
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Perhaps some combination of praise of the Lord and begging Him to intervene in this situation.

He might grant the prayer, to show His love and power. There is bible precedent for this. But try to get as right as possible with the Lord before doing it, to remove obstructions to the prayer.


13 posted on 02/25/2015 1:28:52 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: C19fan

Perfect. It just saddens me that it will not be the lead in the MSM’s networks.


14 posted on 02/25/2015 1:30:53 PM PST by tioga
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To: C19fan

The last thing Coptics want is Obama to act.


15 posted on 02/25/2015 1:31:23 PM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: C19fan

Amazing that so much of the world held Obama’s administration in such high regard for so long. With the exception of Israel and a couple others, if the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections were held in any other nation, Obama would have won in a massive landslide. And now the recompense is coming.

But again, the idea of Obama the Messiah was ans still is a truly global phenomenon, and in most nations it is actually more obscene than it is here.


16 posted on 02/25/2015 2:00:36 PM PST by youngphys01
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Excellent advice. Thanks.


17 posted on 02/25/2015 2:03:28 PM PST by yellowdoghunter (Welcome to Obamastan! (Mrs. Yellowdoghunter))
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To: SeekAndFind
what can the WH do to rescue the Copts?

US policy destroying Libya's government caused the situation. It seems that SISI, who overthrew the government the US installed, is doing what he can to protect Christians in Egypt. The US owes the people who are victims of this Holocaust that, since it never would have happened except for US foreign policy.

Meanwhile, Obama is parading some US military hardware 300 yards from Russia's border. Can't any one in DC get it that (1) O doesn't like powerful guys who defend Christians and (2) he's doing everything he can to destroy Western civilization?

18 posted on 02/25/2015 2:31:20 PM PST by grania
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I suspect nothing will come of this.

Now, if these weren't Coptic Christians but black thugs gunned down trying to murder innocent CCW holders or cops trying to defend themselves then it would be an entirely different story.

19 posted on 02/25/2015 2:53:42 PM PST by Gritty (To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil. Liars are easy to control-Theodore Dalrymple)
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OK, even if the President were not Obama, realistically, what can the white House do to rescue the Copts?

You're kidding, right?

Our country could immediately allow Copts to come to this country as refugees instead of bringing in tens of thousands of filthy muslims every year.

20 posted on 02/25/2015 2:57:55 PM PST by ladyjane
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