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"I know it might not be safe, yet it's either we live together, or we die together, we are all Egyptians."
Such are the words one expects of great leaders on the battlefield, of politicians preparing a nation for war, of civic leaders rallying people for an inspiring cause.
But these are the words of Cherine Mohamed, a 50-year-old Egyptian housewife.
These words became a slogan of sorts for many brave Egyptian Muslims who chose yesterday to risk their lives in the wake of the New Year's violence and attend Christmas Masses with their Coptic Christian brethren, serving as human shields against further potential acts of extremist violence on the Christian holy day.
A movement led by Muslim leaders and journalists, the civilian response has the heartening undertones of a civil rights struggle that transcends religious differences. It is furthermore a demonstration that because government officials in Egypt and other Muslim-majority countries have often failed to defend religious freedom, the people are taking matters into their own hands.
But please, just because the Muslim equivalent of the Southern Baptist Conference is a bunch of jerkwads don't let that stop you folks from your regularly scheduled two minutes hate.
Its just the beginning of Christian clensing in Egypt.Just wait until Bashar Al-Assad is removed from power in Syria. Then you'll see much more attacks on Christians in Syria that may carry over into Lebanon.
Police grabbed computer science graduate Alber Saber from his Cairo home last week after neighbors accused him of uploading sections of the film "Innocence of Muslims", rights activists said.
My best friend and best man at my wedding is a Coptic. Bought investment property in Cairo also. Guaranteed his property has been or will be seized by the mob theocracy.
He also predicted 9/11 back in 1999. His boss at that time told him he was nuts to even suggest such a conspiracy. Guess it took someone being embedded among the crazies to realize what crazy could do.
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