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Insulting Islam in Egypt
By Robert SpencerThe Muslim Brotherhood has threatened to kill the Coptic Pope Shenouda III. A nun was stabbed by a Muslim who burst into a Coptic church shouting âAllah akbar.â Three people were killed as thousands of Muslim protestors rioted outside a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt. Relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt have not been this tense in recent memory. By all accounts, itâs all because of a DVD that was shown in a Coptic church which Muslims think insults Islam. How exactly does it insult Islam? According to CNN, âThe riot was sparked by the distribution of a DVD of a play that was performed at the church two years ago. The play, âI Was Blind But Now I Can See,â tells the story of a young Christian who converts to Islam and becomes disillusioned.â So a film depiction of someone converting to Islam and then becoming disillusioned is enough to bring more than 5,000 protestors to the church and get a nun stabbed and three people killed? Rumors have spread among Muslims in Egypt that the film insults Muhammad and Islam, but this is unlikely given the Coptsâ general reticence about speaking about mistreatment they receive from Muslims. As the Coptic Bishop Armia said, âCopts would never tolerate anyone insulting Islam.â Pope Shenouda himself likewise denied that the play contained anything insulting to Islam. As many Middle Eastern priests and lay Christians have told me, Christians in the Middle East well know that as a matter of survival, they must say one thing in public and another in private. The Copts who showed this video violated that rule, or at least found themselves in violation of it when news of the showing became known. Rest at link. Posted by: ed 2005-10-25 |
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