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2011-01-04 Africa North

Egypt: Cleric blames Israeli and US intelligence for Church bombing

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Posted by Fred 2011-01-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "Israel's Mossad and the CIA are behind the attack in Alexandria," Osama Hasan Mustafa Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, told AKI.

It's the Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooos. Couldn't be an innocent, misunderstood follower of mohamhead.

Posted by anymouse 2011-01-04 01:27|| 2011-01-04 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, there is something to it. They'd rather kill Jews. But Jews not being available...

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-01-04 06:39|| 2011-01-04 06:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Obama's suck up speechs to the Moslem world and the anti Israel rhetoric was supposed to catalyze love and peace.

It has had the opposite effect. Virulent Islamics figuring Obama was too weak to support Israel figured he'd be too weak to worry about Christians.

Posted by lord garth 2011-01-04 08:08|| 2011-01-04 08:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Some of these belligerent Islamic "clergy" need a euphemism comparing them to pagan high priests and tribal shaman. "Molochite high priest" might be fitting.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-01-04 08:41|| 2011-01-04 08:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Good idea. I may add it in today.

Posted by Fred 2011-01-04 08:57|| 2011-01-04 08:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Copts = Joooos by proxy?

Posted by Frank G 2011-01-04 09:40|| 2011-01-04 09:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Copts = Joooos by proxy?

Christians were always persecuted -- to a greater or lesser extant -- as well as Jews under Muslim rule, also as a tax source and also to encourage conversion. The Christians may have done it first, but that hasn't meant they got preference later.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-01-04 11:48|| 2011-01-04 11:48|| Front Page Top

#8 The way I understand it Christians and Jews are 'People of the book' and as such they can practice their religion under very heavy restrictions. Can't build a church without permission (which is seldom if ever granted - see Indonesia), no crosses or other visible symbols, no singing audible outside the church, etc.... Oh and they have practically no legal rights whatsoever.

In fact I seem to recall a few years ago that some Christian parents were almost given the death penalty for simply for inviting their chidren's muslim friends to an Easter party in 'moderate' Indonesia. Or at least the 'moderate muslims' demanded it and the government seriously considered it.

The Copts probably have it much worse.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-01-04 12:10|| 2011-01-04 12:10|| Front Page Top

#9 tw: The Copts literally had the short end of the stick even then, as back in the Byzantine empire they had to pay large amounts of jizya-like taxes for being the wrong sect. This, along with the rigid caste structure, was a big factor in the collapse and contraction of the Byzantine Empire during the first years of Islam.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-01-04 12:13|| 2011-01-04 12:13|| Front Page Top

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