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nalnn (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 09:26 AM Original message |
Egyptian Armed Forces Fire At Christian Monasteries, 19 Injured |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, no. This doesn't sound good. nt |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Troubling news. nt |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. How very sad. Nt |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Copts gather in Tahrir to protest purported attack on monastery |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hmmmm |
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nalnn (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I dunno |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. ? The Coptics are probably one of the oldest Christian sects in the world. |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. They are also a minority in Egypt and have long-suffered discrimination |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. That applies to most Christians who live in Arab nations. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Another version is that Copts date bak to the flight to Egypt of Joseph, Mary and infant Jesus |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. And their language is probably the closest to that of ancient Egypt |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. It sounds like the Egyptian Army wants a military dictatorship back. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
10. If the Egyptian truly want a secular nation, they'd form a human perimeter |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. Disgusting |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Rightly or wrongly, the Copts are perceived as having been pro-Mubarak. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Even if they were pro-Mubarak.... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-27-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. The military isn't usually too "progressive". I was afraid of this. nt |
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rollin74 (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. a very disturbing development |
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