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    Revisiting this.   
      
    TR>> Who the fuck is he kidding? Islam *IS* terrorism!   
      
    I was listening to a BBC report on the bombing of a Christian   
    church in Iraq. As the family members and other mourners   
    gathered they were joined by both Sunni and Shia Muslims,   
    including religious leaders. The Christians are not part of any   
    dispute in Iraq, as such they are not legitimate targets in any   
    way. Under Islam that attack on the Christians was Harrare.   
    Which is beyond being unlawful, to being reprehensible.   
      
    There was a bombing of a Coptic christian church in Egypt also.   
    That was reported on by Al Jazeera. Here is an excerpt.   
    Links in the story.   
      
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     Thousands of Egyptian Muslims Show Up as "Human Shields" to Defend   
     Coptic Christians From Terorism   
      
    Zaid Jilani | Saturday 08 January 2011   
      
    On New Year’s Day, a devastating terrorist bombing at a Coptic   
    church in Egypt killed 21 people and injured 79 others. Although   
    the identity of the culprits was not known, it was assumed that   
    they were Muslim extremists, intent on targeting those they saw   
    as heretics. Religious tensions immediately rose in the   
    country, and angry Copts stormed streets, battled with police,   
    and even vandalized a nearby mosque. The riots and heightened   
    tensions  between   
    the Muslim and Coptic communities was likely what the terrorists   
    wanted — to divide the Egyptian community and create sectarian   
    strife between different religious groups.   
      
    Yet by Coptic Christmas Eve, which took place Thursday night in   
    Egypt, things had changed completely. As Egyptian Copts attended   
    mass at churches across the country, “thousands” of Muslims,   
    including “the two sons of President Hosni Mubarak,” joined   
    them, acting as “human shields” to protect from terrorist   
    attacks by extremists. The Muslims organized under the slogan   
    “We either live together, or we die together,”   
     inspired by Mohamed   
    El-Sawy, an Egyptian artist:   
    ...   
    *“This is not about us and them,” said Dalia Mustafa, a   
    student who attended mass at Virgin Mary Church on Maraashly.   
    “We are one. This was an attack on Egypt as a whole, and I am   
    standing with the Copts because the only way things will change   
    in this country is if we come together.”*   
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   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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