Egypt’s Christians, facing the fate of Egyptian Jews (Congress, Israel, speech)

[Chava61]

Between 1954 and 1956, 80,000 Egyptian Jews were expelled from Egypt, but not before they were robbed of their property.... After the Egyptian military expelled Jews and outlawed Bahais and Shias, they started their campaign against Christians....After Mohammed Morsi acceded to power, he decided to speed up this process. So does anything still think that the Arab Spring in Egypt is good for anyone who isn't a Muslim in Egypt?

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/egypt...957#f16beef128

[kovert]

If Ethiopia was in better shape, then the Christians might be able to flee there, but unfortunately that's not the case.

Thank God we have separation of church & state in this country.

[sailordave]

Originally Posted by kovert

If Ethiopia was in better shape, then the Christians might be able to flee there, but unfortunately that's not the case.

Thank God we have separation of church & state in this country.

Correction, we do not have "separation of church and state". That isn't in the US Constitution. What we do have is a restriction on Congress from passing laws establishing a state religion or restricting people from practicing their religion. Anti-Christians morphed that into a total ban on religion on government property anywhere in the country and even trying to ban religious (normally focused exclusively on Christians) speeches and prayers.

[nightbird47]

Originally Posted by sailordave

Correction, we do not have "separation of church and state". That isn't in the US Constitution. What we do have is a restriction on Congress from passing laws establishing a state religion or restricting people from practicing their religion. Anti-Christians morphed that into a total ban on religion on government property anywhere in the country and even trying to ban religious (normally focused exclusively on Christians) speeches and prayers.

But the flip side of restricting a religion is forcing one to participate. If its a non-religious event, then there should be a moment of silence. No minester, rabbi, priest, including wiccan and other non judeo christian types. Just a moment of silence. Talk to your god or the universe because that is personal.

That respect for other religions, or the lack thereof is the starting point. Forcing everyone out who is not you is the ending. Given the state of parts of the world, I think we need to absolutely reinforct that today.