Egyptian Muslims serve as human shields for Coptic Christmas Mass
Egypt's Muslims stuck to their word on Thursday night. Thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas eve services in churches throughout the country and at candlelight vigils outside them.
"We either live together, or we die together," proclaimed Mohamed El-Sawy, a Muslim arts tycoon whose cultural center distributed flyers at churches in Cairo Thursday night and who is credited with first proposing the "human shield" idea.
Posted by: ryuge 2011-01-16 |