A little renewed faith in humanity
Jan. 7th, 2011 11:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreEgypt's Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as "human shields" - Ahram Online
The greatest defense against the fanatical minority is a unified majority standing together despite their differences. I'm an atheist, and pretty vocal about it. But if similar attacks were being carried out against churches in my area, you can bet I'd be standing outside one this Sunday protecting the rights of the worshipers inside.
Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light vigils held outside.
From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had offered their bodies as “human shields” for last night’s mass, making a pledge to collectively fight the threat of Islamic militants and towards an Egypt free from sectarian strife.
“We either live together, or we die together,” was the sloganeering genius of Mohamed El-Sawy, a Muslim arts tycoon whose cultural centre distributed flyers at churches in Cairo Thursday night, and who has been credited with first floating the “human shield” idea.
The greatest defense against the fanatical minority is a unified majority standing together despite their differences. I'm an atheist, and pretty vocal about it. But if similar attacks were being carried out against churches in my area, you can bet I'd be standing outside one this Sunday protecting the rights of the worshipers inside.
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And that, Doug
Date: 7 Jan 2011 21:30 (UTC)no subject
Date: 7 Jan 2011 22:05 (UTC)