Thursday, November 26, 2009

Egypt Muslims Burn Christian shops


AFP
November 22, 2009

CAIRO — Hundreds of Muslim protesters on Saturday burnt Christian-owned shops in southern Egypt and attacked a police station where they believed a Christian accused of raping a Muslim girl was being held, a police official said.

Police repelled the demonstrators in the town of Farshut using tear gas and also arrested 60 people during the clashes in which seven Coptic Christian-owned shops were destroyed, the official said.

The protesters hurled stones at the police station after they heard that a Coptic Christian man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Muslim was being held there, he said.

Roughly ten percent of Egypt's 80-million-strong population are Coptic Christians, who complain of discrimination and are sometimes the target of sectarian attacks.
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  1. This is ridiculous! First of all, a man raped a girl--happens all over the world, right? In this particular incident, it was in Egypt, the accused is Christian, and alleged victim is a muslim girl. WHY WOULD YOU BURN SHOPS OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE? I have never heard of anywhere in the world that happening. All of you who dont know the facts....muslim men in Egypt go and rape and have sex with young CHristian girls to get them to convert to Islam EVERYDAY!!!! DO THE CHRISTIANS GO AND BURN DOWN THEIR MOSQUES OR OPEN FIRE OR BOMB ISLAMIC ESTABLISHMENTS...the answer is no. Christianity teaches to forgive and love our enemies. Islam is a religion of hate and destruction. No other religion forces their views and beliefs on others the way Islam does. Islam runs drug rings in the jails here in the states. They rape CHristian girls and tell them afterwards that no one will beleive that they were raped and will bring their families shame, just convert to Islam and I will marry you, they tell the girls. DO the CHristians lash out and seek revenge? No. If a man that happened to be a Christian really did rape a girl who happened to be muslim....why is it a religious war? Because Islam will use it as an excuse to make poeple think it's justified. This incident happend in a very poor village in Egypt. ALl of these families purchased new clothing for their kids (if they were able to afford a new outfit) and sent them off to church to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. They are now gone. Can you imagine being a parent---AFRAID of sending your child to church for fear they may not return? I was in tears for the last week and half. there were more than 7 that passed, just not instantly. did you think in an islamic country that they would bring aid ASAP to a shootout at a CHURCH? I dont recall with the countless crimes against my fellow CHristians there that anyone of them went and bombed or open fired on a mosque during Ramadan. Islam's goal is not to spread the word as CHristians; their goal is to rid the world of us. If you re not a muslim you are an infidel. God bless all of humanity and lead us all unto the path of righteousness. ANd thank you, thank you JOhn for this site. I stumbled on it a few days ago and am moved. I have sent all my family and friends the link.
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  2. Thank you Christine. Lets not forget the recent Christmas massacre which again Muslims did in revenge for Christians raping a girl.
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