Friday, February 04, 2011

An important thing to understand about the protests in Egypt

Not that the FoxNews crowd would understand:

The Catholic Cardinal in Egypt was witnessed hand in hand with a Muslim cleric, both in their religious dress with the pro-democracy demonstrators. He was speaking about national unity, stating that the myth of sectarian strife is only made by the failing government security apparatus and urge people to unite as Egyptians. The Muslim cleric also stated the same.

8 comments:

omen said...

unity

Koshem Bos said...

Too many have a romantic view of the events in Egypt. That's wrong. After the current event will culminate in, hopefully, a decent and honest regime (far from guaranteed), Egypt will have its major problems.

Abject poverty, underdevelopment, lack of suitable infrastructure, lack of democratic institution and organization, etc.

Copts and Muslims got along reasonably for hundreds of years; their unity will make little difference.

Joe Blow said...

Then they both took a trip to Afganistan to bugger little boys...

pansypoo said...

including the copts?

Anonymous said...

failing security apparatus leaves the Old Man floating alone on a sea of insecurity...blind to his fate..copt out by both jesus and mohammed
vox

omen said...

After the current event will culminate in, hopefully, a decent and honest regime

that's not a romantic view?

egypt is in the middle of a moment. they have a right to revel in their solidarity.

Copts and Muslims got along reasonably for hundreds of years; their unity will make little difference.

oh?

On New Year’s Day, after Mass, it is suspected that a suicide attacker went after and attacked a Coptic Christian Church in Alexandria, Egypt. Of those around, 21 people were killed and 80 harmed.

Anonymous said...

During Coptic Church services after the attack, the churches were surrounded by large crowds of followers of the prophet as protection from further fundamentalist violence.

Anonymous said...

Corporate dictator Rupert Murdoch's hired thugs and Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak's hired thugs are pushing the same propaganda. What a surprise.