Video of Coptic Church bombing and letter from a Copt
Here's another video of the aftermath of the car bombing outside a Coptic Church in Alexandria, Egypt late Friday night. Note what they're clearly screaming in the background in the last 3-4 seconds.Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Gateway Pundit).
Allahu Akhbar (God is great - the Muslim 'martyrdom' cry).
I was also asked to blog about this letter from a Coptic Christian. It was written to President Obama on Friday, December 24, and it was prophetic.
Coptic Christians have been the victims of systematic abuse and oppression in Egypt for a long time. On November 17, 2010, the U.S. Department of State recently issued a report on religious freedom in Egypt that details the abuses they suffer on a daily basis. January of this year, six Coptic Christians were murdered outside their church after celebrating Christmas.Read the whole thing.
Sadly, I fear another attack will happen again sometime in the near future.
The tendency of blaming the State of Israel for every problem in Egypt, and linking it to the Copts, is on the rise, especially in the past a few months. By associating the Copts with the Jewish state, extremists and government officials are inciting hostility toward a beleaguered, defenseless minority.
The anti-Israel polemic is fairly well known. One official accused recent shark and jellyfish for attacks on swimmers at Sharm el-Sheikh on the Mossad. The aalleged goal was to kill the tourism season.
What is less well known is that Muslim Imams throughout the Middle East are demonizing Coptic Christians in Egypt. One oft-repeated claim is that Israel is using Coptic churches to store all kinds of weapons to attack Muslims. Such accusations lead to threats of violence.
Labels: Alexandria church terror attack, Christian Copts, Islamic terrorism
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:33 AM
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The Copts hate Jews and Israel. They've chosen their side and I don't feel sorry for them. After doing this to the Jews, payback's a b*tch. What comes around goes around.
"The Copts hate Jews and Israel. "
Have a source? (seriously, I need info on the subject).
PS - Here's the Coptic Position on Israel from the National American Coptic Assembly in 2009:
http://www.voxpublica.org/2009/05/the_coptic_position_on_israel.htm
and it seems very supportive of Israel.
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