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| Egyptian Muslims act as "Human Shields for Egyptian Coptic Christians Reuters: Asmaa Waguih |
Many in the West call out the Muslim World for not standing up to maniacal, homicide bombers. These fanatics are faithfully reported by the mainstream news as being in the extreme minority. However, the silence of the so called peaceful majority in the face of these attacks had been deafening. Until now. Here's one such act of love and courage that the West was calling for and should be lauded, in the land of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Egyptian Muslims Act as Human Shields
by Ashley Samuelson McGuire - Washington Post
"I know it might not be safe, yet it's either we live together, or we die together, we are all Egyptians." Such are the words one expects of great leaders on the battlefield, of politicians preparing a nation for war, of civic leaders rallying people for an inspiring cause.
But these are the words of Cherine Mohamed, a 50-year-old Egyptian housewife.
These words became a slogan of sorts for many brave Egyptian Muslims who chose yesterday to risk their lives in the wake of the New Year's violence and attend Christmas Masses with their Coptic Christian brethren, serving as human shields against further potential acts of extremist violence on the Christian holy day.
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