Oh Wow... Imagine...

[WillyT]

Christians protecting Muslims while they pray during protests in Egypt.


Link: http://imgur.com/NhC4m

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Oh, that is so beautiful...

Recommended.

[aggiesal]

46. This from a couple of weeks ago ...

Muslims offered themselves as "human shields" on Friday to
protect Coptic Christians celebrating their Christmas in Egypt

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/4078615.bin

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/Muslims+protect+churches/4078614/story.html

[AtheistCrusader]

47. No it isn't.

This is the reverse, Christians protecting Muslims.

I think chances are, what you linked made this event possible though.

[aggiesal]

55. Select the second link ...

It tells you that

Muslims offered themselves as "human shields" on Friday to protect Coptic Christians celebrating their Christmas in Egypt just a week after a church bombing that killed 21 people.
...
Under the Coptic calendar, Christmas Day falls on Jan. 7.

[AtheistCrusader]

57. Right.

This thread is about coptic christians protecting muslims.

[aggiesal]

60. I know !

I was trying to show that the reverse happened a couple of weeks ago.

[AtheistCrusader]

62. I see the problem.

"This from a couple of weeks ago ..."

This manner of speech usually indicates a contrarian, 'this was already posted, not late breaking news' response.
So, I misunderstood you.

[aggiesal]

64. No problem! Have a good evening. n/t

[Divernan]

88. I heard Paul McCartney sing "Imagine" at a concert last year.

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

[abelenkpe]

2. Imagine

Christians in the US doing that.

[jwirr]

29. Some of us would. That was the first thing I thought when I looked

at that picture: I wish I could be in that chain.

[abelenkpe]

37. Yeah I would too

but then I remember all the uproar over the proposed mosque in NY and in many communities across the US.

This is a beautiful and uplifting image. I'd like to believe it would be the same here, but have my doubts given the influence of media pundits.

[polmaven]

63. Many Christians

spoke out in support of the building of the Muslim Community center, and many of us would do what is being shown in the OP picture. The media may not show it, but it would happen.

[jwirr]

104. I don't have any doubts - it would not be the same here. We are

afraid of anything that is even slightly different than what we believe.

[roguevalley]

30. I would come hell or high water. That is what Jesus did, sit and

stand with the 'other' in society. this makes me tear up. that is what you are supposed to do and I love them for it. I love you, Egypt.

[WolverineDG]

54. no need to imagine, most of us would do that

but broadbrushing is so much easier than nuance, isn't it?

dg

[OwnedByFerrets]

77. Most of us in the U.S.?? BS

[whathehell]

87. Speak for yourself....

Most of us would, although I can't speak for Alabama.

[keith the dem]

96. I've been a part of something similar here.

It may not compare with directly facing down violence, but the Christian and Jewish communities came to the aid of the Muslim community when there was ugly opposition to a Mosque here in South Jersey.

You may have seen the documentary "Talking Through Walls":

http://www.upf.tv/films-menu/talking-through-walls.html

P.S. I have a few appearances in the documentary

[Enthusiast]

90. They 'call' themselves Christians. nt

[kgnu_fan]

3. Bring me to tears!!!!

[kgnu_fan]

5. True Christians, I say... follow true teaching of Jesus..

[JuniperLea]

11. Whatever you do for these, the less fortunate of my brothers...

You do for me.

Bottom line.

You don't need to be a Christian to believe that this is the right thing to do, but I do so love seeing actual Christian actions in this world of hate. It's breathtaking.

[WCGreen]

24. Here Here

[justabob]

42. no kidding

Catherina's (and others') twitter threads and threads like this one have made me a weepy mess all week, but it is just so beautiful and moving.

[Aleric]

100. cracked my cynical heart is what it did.

[RT Atlanta]

4. One love....

beautiful!

[kgnu_fan]

7. One Love!!!!

[Mopar151]

103. We all must live by Jah Love, each one.

One love - "playing for change" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjPODksI08
Bob Marley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huynn0Nz1O4


Stand by Me "playing for change" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM

"I won't be afraid, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand by me"

[Doc Martin]

105. Thanks for reminding me of the Stand by Me video

[leftstreet]

6. K&R

[xchrom]

8. beautiful! nt

[JuniperLea]

9. Nothing is so bad that something good can't come from it....

This is the most beautiful thing I've seen in I don't know how long!

:cry: Joyful tears!

This is what people with a solid moral compass do... regardless of religious beleifs.

He's not heavy, he's my brother!

[EnlightenedOne]

16. Ditto what you said!!

This is truly great - I hope it gets wide coverage, but why do I doubt that.

[JuniperLea]

25. I'm going to send it to my TeaBagger Fundy cousin...

Who has no right to call himself Christian... you can't hold all that hate and really be Christian. What was it Jesus said about spewing the lukewarm from his mouth? Ah yes, in the same chapter he told us to take care of our brothers. Check.

[roguevalley]

31. Til all are one. -Optimus Prime. Words to live by.

[Ron Green]

10. This is my new desktop background.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

12. K&R

Please remember this pic the next time someone starts slinging the broad brush.

[lukasahero]

13. I have goosebummps

this is lovely

[monmouth]

26. OMG, me too. I was just going to post how beautiful this is....Heads on

the right must be exploding watching Christians act like Christians....

[handmade34]

36. just imagine...

"Christians act like Christians" so wonderful

[OhioChick]

14. K&R n/t

[Swede]

15. K&R

This is how it's suppose to be done. Muslims did the same during Christmas for the Coptic christians.

[toddwv]

17. I truly would love to see that pic as a defining moment of the movement.

Unfortunately, there are powerful forces of disunity at play here. There are factions in both Islam and Christianity (and other major religions for that matter) who would consider the lack of inter-religious violence and conflict is a worst case scenario.

[myrna minx]

18. Oh mercy, this makes me cry.

The Egyptians are showing the world how it's done. :cry:

[Ratty]

19. I'm sure Fox News will be right on top of this

[nenagh]

20. Beautiful and thank you for posting it...

[kgnu_fan]

21. These people are so brave

[obxhead]

22. So that's what a real Christian looks like.

ok, a bit of sarcasm there, but only a bit. I've been burned by many self proclaimed "good" Christians recently.

The one that left me the "are you going to heaven?" brochure last night in place of a tip can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.

[russspeakeasy]

98. I think I know the cheap bastard...he's my brother-in law...

[kgnu_fan]

23. And MORE LOVE in the world!!!!

[NoSheep]

27. stunningly beautiful

[decidedlyso]

45. Amazing picture. A highlight.

[jwirr]

28. And not too long ago it was reversed. They understand freedom of

religion.

[denese]

32. only love can save us

thanks for sharing something so beautiful

[Robyn66]

33. I posted this on my FB page

This is beautiful and the way people should treat eachother EVERYWHERE!

[Kurovski]

34. K&R. (nt)

[Liberal_in_LA]

35. k&r. Men holding hands - wouldn't happen in US

[Chimichurri]

38. this gave me goosebumps! Beautiful.

[handmade34]

39. Imagine...

a world in which respect transends fear... thank you for posting... makes me cry

[siligut]

40. I have been impressed by the civility of the protesters . . .

But this says so much more.

[MissDeeds]

41. This is awesome

K&R

[mcollins]

43. Who are they protecting them from? nt

[decidedlyso]

44. The pro-Mubarak forces who are working the alleys and side streets.

[druidity33]

66. self-delete...

...

[jobycom]

97. Tyrants. nt

[Swampguana]

48. kick

[stevedeshazer]

49. +1

[bigwillq]

50. K and R (nt)

[elehhhhna]

51. the shock of my tears caught me by surprise

[BrklynLiberal]

52. Muslims protected the Coptic Christians during the Coptic Christmas

after a Coptic church was bombed...They walked along side them while they went to church.

http://www.metrolic.com/egyptian-muslim-protect-coptic-christians-on-christmas-day-155882/
Egyptian Muslims Protect Coptic Christians on Christmas Day


http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/3365.aspx
Egypt's Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as "human shields"

Muslims turned up in droves for the Coptic Christmas mass Thursday night, offering their bodies, and lives, as “shields” to Egypt’s threatened Christian community

[snappyturtle]

53. K&R I want to live in a society like that!

[tabasco]

56. Nice lookin' fellas and I s'pose they have good hearts.

The good people of the world need to unite against the ruling scumbags and the crazies.

[WillyT]

58. Yes... And We Have To Do It While There Is Still More Of Us Than Them

I do believe they are trying mightily to change that fact.

:shrug:

:hi:

[katty]

59. incredible

[thaddeus_flowe]

61. shivers and tears

n/t

[rbnyc]

65. Thanks for sharing.

I passed it on to fb friends. It's inspirational.

[TBF]

67. You may say I'm a dreamer ...

But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Solidarity, brothers.

[Cronus Protagonist]

68. How do you identify them as Christians?

Just because they're not praying at that moment? Or because someone on the Internets provided a nice provocative caption? I suspect the latter.

[JDPriestly]

71. Because the prayers are pretty obligatory.

So if they were Muslim they would need to be praying.

The Mubarak supporters seem to have forgotten that.

[Cronus Protagonist]

78. And the rest cannot possibly be ANYTHING else, right?

I sometimes wonder about people's logic capabilities on here. They're not praying at that time, so they MUST be Christians. No way they could be atheists, or Buddhists, or Sikhs, or just non-religious, less religious, secular non-practicing, or perhaps even official Muslim people designated to protect their brethren at that troubling time.

No, they clearly could ONLY be CHRISTIANS.

lol

:crazy:

[joshcryer]

84. 9% Coptic Christians

The question is how many Muslims are fully practicing, that is, must *all* Muslims pray every day at that time? Egypt is 90% Muslim, therefore the people doing the protecting are protecting from what exactly?

[joshcryer]

85. Ahh, here's the reddit post which originates the Christian protecting Muslim meme:

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/fecmf/christians_protecting_muslims_while_they_pray/

[Lydia Leftcoast]

72. Yes, Muslims are suposed to pray at 5 specific times a day

The Christians of Egypt are Coptic, Eastern Christians whose presence dates back centuries.

[DebJ]

69. Awesome

[JDPriestly]

70. Tolerance is beautiful.

There is no reason to hate those who do not see things as you do.

I think that the youth of today all over the world are moving toward tolerance. I give a lot of credit to the internet and to international student exchange programs for this development.

It's something to give us all hope.

[dhill926]

73. well said..............n/t

[Divernan]

91. International travel = it's hard to hate people whom you've met

I think the most important thing I did for my kids as a parent was to encourage and assist them to study/travel abroad.
For myself, I found Istanbul to be particularly enlightening. I was there over a school/national holiday and was frequently around family groups or groups of school kids. Seeing three generations of Muslim women - grandmother covered all in black except for her eyes, moms in western dress, but with head scarves, and pre-teen daughters in Adidas, jeans and NO scarves or head coverings. A tired grandfather sitting on a park bench resting his feet and holding some shopping bags for the women of his family in one hand, and his prayer beads in the other. And a gaggle of teens getting off a school bus acted just like the American kids I've seen over the years.

One difference I did note: all the young people who were working in restaurants, hotels, shops, malls etc. were positive, pleasant and helpful - not a one off sulking in a corner with an Ipod & teenage angst. And they all spoke English. Wish American kids would become fluent in at least one other language.
"Don't tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have traveled." — Mohammed

"To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world." —Freya Stark

Hitler didn't travel. Stalin didn't travel. Saddam Hussein never traveled. They didn't want to have their orthodoxy challenged." — Howard Gardner

[Omaha Steve]

74. K&R!

[RedCloud]

75. Mighty Zeus will not be forgotten!

[tpsbmam]

76. Wonderful tears looking at that beautiful photo and the one of Muslims protecting Christians.

I sent the two together to many people, including a couple of fundies I know.

It most certainly would happen here. The likes of people on DU would do it in a flash. We'd have to do it to protect them from the likes of people on FR.

[timtom]

79. I truly choked up at that.

O, that such expressions of love for one's fellow man may become dominant in this world.

[usregimechange]

80. That is how you win converts, better than coercion and state endorsements

[defendandprotect]

81. Now that's true human spirituality ... !!

[DaDeacon]

82. 1 Corinthians 13:13

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

[Shining Jack]

83. K&R

That's so great!

[liberal N proud]

86. True meaning of...

[malaise]

89. Magnificent

Rec

[chriscruzan]

92. Wonderful image to wake up to.

I am going to show this to my 7 yr old, when I stop crying. The Spirit of Kindness is not religion specific, and the sooner the masses around the world realize this, the sooner we can get on to building that better world for our children and grandchildren.

[malaise]

93. Lovely post

Welcome to DU :grouphug:

[deutsey]

94. Thanks for posting this. n/t

[keith the dem]

95. If there is a God, this makes Him/Her happy

As a parent, the thing I hate worst is when my kids fight, I love it when they get along.

[Jennicut]

99. Beautiful pic.

I am a Christian...one that believes in the rights of all others to determine how and if they want to seek religious expression. Too many wars and battles fought over religion. This uprising in Egypt really has nothing to do with being a Muslim. It is about seeking freedom and the ability to control your own destiny with the freedom to vote. Anyone else trying to twist it otherwise is so, so wrong.

[Rainbowreflect]

101. This gave me goose bumps.

And a bit of hope for humanity.

[Poll_Blind]

102. Harry Tuttle was right: We're all in it TOGETHER.

:thumbsup:

PB

[Moostache]

106. Humanity. It does not require a space daddy, but it is spiritual.

The thing that makes us a species of unqualified evolutionary success is our innate ability to show empathy and tolerance of each other in working towards a common goal. When the desire for change is so great that the people stop noticing the differences among themselves and begin working only for the commonalities of their goals, then the ruling elites are in trouble.

There's a reason that the Egyptian Revolution is not being called exactly that...the power elites of the existing world order (there's NOTHING "new" about it any more!) simply cannot stand those pictures and like vampires in the sunlight cannot abide the very existence of the sentiments that made them possible at all.

Viva Egypt.
Viva CHANGE that you can SEE!!!

[greenmutha]

107. Oh wow...

chills and tears... I love it!


(And I just missed being able to rec this, dammit!)