More Christian Persecution in Egypt

Coptic Christians in Egypt were once again targeted by the militant Muslim majority recently.  On Sunday night a group of Copts were peacefully protesting outside of a state TV station that was supposedly inciting violence against Christians.  Not long after, gangs of Muslim thugs showed up and began fighting with the protesting Christians.  Soon after the military joined in.  Eyewitnesses said the army (which is basically all Muslim) began attacking the Copts.  They drove military vehicles into crowds with no regard for who might be in front and shot into the unarmed crowd.  In the end, 26 were left dead.

This of course is not an isolated incident or a random outburst, but the latest chapter in an ongoing persecution of the religious minority in Egypt, the Coptic Christians.  The "Arab Spring" which began in Egypt, is already being noted by many as a complete failure.  President Obama and leaders in Europe were highly supportive of the changes that have and are occurring throughout the middle-east.  It seems though that nothing has changed and Islamist ideals still run the state, allowing for absolutely no growth to take place.  The cultural revolution that started in Egypt has merely taken one unstable Islamic government out of power to replace it with another unstable Islamic government.  Its the story of the middle east; the story of Islam and politics.  Is it any surprise why there is no peace in the middle east?  Is there any surprise we are not even a bit closer?

In solidarity with the Copts,

Mike

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