Very cool news
From
Ahram Online:
Egypt Muslims to act as "human shields" at Coptic Christmas Eve mass
�Although 2011 started tragically, I feel it will be a year of eagerly anticipated change, where Egyptians will stand against sectarianism and unite as one,� Father Rafaeil Sarwat of the Mar-Mina church told Ahram Online. The Coptic priest was commenting on the now widespread call by Muslim intellectuals and activists upon Egyptian Muslims at large to flock to Coptic churches across the country to attend Coptic Christmas Eve mass, to show solidarity with the nation's Coptic minority, but also to serve as "human shields" against possible attacks by Islamist militants.
Mohamed Abdel Moniem El-Sawy, founder of El-Sawy Culture Wheel was among the promiment Muslim cultural figures who first floated the bold initiative.
�This is it. It is time to change and unite,� asserted journalist Ekram Youssef, another notable sponsor of the intiative, in a telephone interview with Ahram Online. She added that although it is the government�s responsibility to act and find solutions to bring an end to such violations, "it is time for Egyptian citizens to act to revive the true meaning of national unity."
Very very cool -- the original Christianity and Islam pre-date
570 AD by quite a few years. Mo may be a 'prophet' but both core religions are intellectually deeper than he espoused -- he dumbed down Islam for the rabble. Nice to see the 'old ones' telling the upstarts to STFU and to stop playing dirty.
Posted by DaveH at January 6, 2011 8:45 PM