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An interesting protest

From blogger The Big Pharaoh come some photographs of a demonstration in Alexandria, Egypt:

One Nation for All
I just came from a demonstration protesting the recent events in Alexandria and calling for a "one nation for all, Muslims and Christians." After the shock of what happened in Alex, I simply had to do something no matter how small it was.

The demonstration included the opposition movements Kifaya, Youth for Change, The Popular Campaign for Change, and Ayman Nour's party Al Ghad. People with no specific party or entity affiliation, like myself, were present as well.

The entities mentioned above are mainly secular and they were instrumental in the political upheaval of 2005. Unfortunately, they almost have zero grassroots support.

The demonstration was a success as far as I am concerned. Around 400-500 people showed up, Muslims and Christians, all reaffirming the fact that Egypt is for all and sectarianism has no place in our country.

The placard in the middle reads: Religion is for God and the homeland is for all.

And one more:

Enough persecution, enough discrimination, enough racism, enough underestimating our intelligence, enough you have destroyed our homes. Youth for change.

The very cool aspect is that there were no signs in English. This was not a demonstration played to the media, this was the real deal -- they were reaching out to other Egyptians and not to the Western Liberal Main-Stream-Media. The symbol at the bottom right of the second image is the combination Islamic Crescent and Christian Cross together. Posted by DaveH at April 21, 2006 6:01 PM