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Muslim ‘Inferiority Complex’ Kills Christians
FrontPage Magazine 18 May 2011
By Raymond Ibrahim
Days ago in Egypt, throngs of Muslims (henceforth, "Islamists”), estimated at 3,000, fired guns and rifles and hurled Molotov cocktails at Coptic churches, homes, and businesses in the Imbaba region near Cairo: twelve Christians were killed—some shot by snipers atop rooftops—232 injured; three churches were set aflame to cries of "Allahu Akbar,” while Coptic homes were looted and torched.
As usual, Egyptian authority did little to stop this latest rampage. According to eyewitnesses, though the mob opened fire around 5:30 p.m., the military did not arrive till 10 p.m., providing ample time to terrorize the Copts. One priest said "I called everyone, but no one bothered to come. I mourn all those young people who died,” naively adding "We now must ask for international protection.” Noting that this attack is unprecedented in scope, Muslim liberal writer Nabil Sharaf el Din said "The army is either incapable [of stopping anti-Christian violence] or is an accomplice to the Salafis [Islamists].”
So what triggered this latest bit of Salafi savagery—or, as the MSM calls it, "sectarian strife"? Islamists claim that a Christian girl converted to Islam and the Coptic Church responded by abducting her and torturing her into renouncing Islam. Hence, the wild rampage was part of a "rescue” effort.
This issue of Christian women supposedly converting to Islam only to be kidnapped by the Coptic Church is the Islamists’ latest excuse to make Coptic life a living hell (especially ironic since the well-documented reality in Egypt is the opposite: Muslims regularly kidnap and force Christian women to convert to Islam). Indeed, days before this rampage, thousands of Islamists marched in front of St. Mark Cathedral, Coptic Pope Shenouda’s residence, demanding the "release” of other Christian women—two wives of clergy, whom Muslims insist also converted to Islam only to be abducted and tormented by the Coptic Church to return to Christianity. (...)
Posted May 18th, 2011 by pk
Muslim ‘Inferiority Complex’ Kills Christians
FrontPage Magazine 18 May 2011
By Raymond Ibrahim
Days ago in Egypt, throngs of Muslims (henceforth, "Islamists”), estimated at 3,000, fired guns and rifles and hurled Molotov cocktails at Coptic churches, homes, and businesses in the Imbaba region near Cairo: twelve Christians were killed—some shot by snipers atop rooftops—232 injured; three churches were set aflame to cries of "Allahu Akbar,” while Coptic homes were looted and torched.
As usual, Egyptian authority did little to stop this latest rampage. According to eyewitnesses, though the mob opened fire around 5:30 p.m., the military did not arrive till 10 p.m., providing ample time to terrorize the Copts. One priest said "I called everyone, but no one bothered to come. I mourn all those young people who died,” naively adding "We now must ask for international protection.” Noting that this attack is unprecedented in scope, Muslim liberal writer Nabil Sharaf el Din said "The army is either incapable [of stopping anti-Christian violence] or is an accomplice to the Salafis [Islamists].”
So what triggered this latest bit of Salafi savagery—or, as the MSM calls it, "sectarian strife"? Islamists claim that a Christian girl converted to Islam and the Coptic Church responded by abducting her and torturing her into renouncing Islam. Hence, the wild rampage was part of a "rescue” effort.
This issue of Christian women supposedly converting to Islam only to be kidnapped by the Coptic Church is the Islamists’ latest excuse to make Coptic life a living hell (especially ironic since the well-documented reality in Egypt is the opposite: Muslims regularly kidnap and force Christian women to convert to Islam). Indeed, days before this rampage, thousands of Islamists marched in front of St. Mark Cathedral, Coptic Pope Shenouda’s residence, demanding the "release” of other Christian women—two wives of clergy, whom Muslims insist also converted to Islam only to be abducted and tormented by the Coptic Church to return to Christianity. (...)
Posted May 18th, 2011 by pk
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