ISLAMOFASCISM'S WAR ON EGYPT'S CHRISTIANS

The Muslim Brotherhood's War on Coptic Christians

The news coming out of Egypt is staggering. USA Today reports that "forty churches have been looted and torched, while 23 others have been attacked and heavily damaged" in one week. According to the Coptic Orthodox and Catholic churches in Egypt, 160 Christian-owned buildings have also been attacked.

In one town, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like prisoners of war after burning their Franciscan school. The attackers tore a cross off the gate of the school and replaced it with an Islamist flag. The New York Times described hundreds of Islamists in one attack, "lashing out so ferociously that marble altars were left in broken heaps on the floor."

Two security guards working on a tour boat owned by Christians were burned alive. An orphanage was burned down. The Catholic Bishop of Luxor told the Vatican news agency Tuesday that he has been trapped in his home for 20 days by Islamist mobs chanting "Death to the Christians!" "People who reside in the villages of the area that have nothing because food supplies are running out and people are afraid to leave the house," he said.

For the first time in 1600 years, prayers were not held in the Virgin Mary and Priest Ibram Monastery, which includes three churches, one of which is an archaeological site. According to the local priest, they were destroyed by supporters of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. On one village street, Islamists painted a red X on Muslim stores and a black X on Christian stores, so attackers knew where to focus their rage. On Tuesday, there were reports that the Brotherhood declared Friday prayers to be held in an evangelical church in the town of Minya that has been converted to a mosque.

A Brotherhood spokesman dismissed the wave of attacks as being perpetrated by "foolish boys" and alleged a conspiracy against his organization. But the Facebook page of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party is rife with false accusations meant to foment hatred against Copts, including the absurd claim that the Church has declared "war against Islam and Muslims" and justified the attacks by saying: "After all this, people ask why they burn the churches." Then came a threat: "For every action there is a reaction."

Please be sure to read the whole article.  It is well worth it.  And so is the article below, written from the perspective of a Muslim who laments the damage done to his beloved Egypt by the hate-filled Muslim Brotherhood.

Young Muslim: We can only rebuild Egypt together with Christians

Mohamed Elhariry, a young businessman in Cairo, reveals the on-the-ground reality of life in recent months in Egypt. The young man says the Muslim Brotherhood "have lied to everyone, they never wanted a democratic state. The real Egypt is multi-denominational."

All of us Muslims were impressed by the attitude of Catholics, Coptic Orthodox and Protestant victims of the violence of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Christians did not ask for help from other countries of the same religion, instead they believed in themselves and in the Egyptian people. Everything that is happening in Egypt remains in Egypt. In contrast, the Muslim Brotherhood has made the rounds of the various Departments of State and put pressure on the interim government chosen by the various components of the Egyptian society.

We Muslims offered to protect churches and religious buildings, but our Christian brothers and sisters said: "Do not waste your souls, they are so precious to us. We have closed these buildings for now. Together we will rebuild our churches once we have eradicated terrorism." I am convinced that what is sacred to one of my neighbors is also sacred for me. I have respect for him and his free will.