General Chat

The Government are considering dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood.

I guess Egypt will then have multiple factions will varying degrees of power and the fighting will continue for months.

The principal objective of the Muslim Brotherhood is to establish an Islamic state subject to Sharia law. That is their idea of democracy. It is also the driving idea behind the "revolutionaries" in Syria which is why the west is ambivalent in its support of them.

In Egypt the Christians (mostly Coptic and about 20 % of the population ) were and are strong opponents of ex Pres Morsi.

The Muslim Brotherhood has burnt down at least one Coptic church in Cairo during the last week. Despite its claims of non-violence it has always been well armed. Murdering and terrorising Christians is nothing new for the M.B. I would be extremely surprised to see such an act carried out by the army.

The chances of getting some sort of true democracy up and running in the near future ( measured in years not months ) are poor to non-existent. The chances of a civil war are also low, mainly because the M.B. does not have heavy weapons or military skills. It has no support at all from the army. What is most likely is a pseudo-democracy similar to that of Turkey until fairly recently backed up by the army.

There is no sign that western reporters in Egypt have any idea at all what they are witnessing which is both dangerous and unhelpful. The current narrative of the Morsi democrats v the nasty resurgent army is wildly wrong. It would help if at least some of the reporters spoke Arabic.

For whatever reason the Egyptians cannot pronounce the basic Arabic sound " th " ( though of course the English can no prob. ) . Instead they use the " Z " sound. For that reason the Gulf states refer to Egyptians as "zizzis". Zizzi is Arabic slang for the male member. Don't tell Mr Magoo.

As so many people have been killed in Egypt this last week and on both sides,

I think it is irresponsible for any Newspaper or Radio station to pick out 1 child and say that she was killed purely because she was a Christian....

People of all denominations are sheltering in Churches and Mosques.

In my book this is truly awful journalism

What is happening in Egypt at present is truly awful.

Words fail me, how horrendously sad. What kind of world will our grandchildren be living in in 10 - 20 yrs time... :-(

jude

According to the Telegraph, the shooting was by a Person Unknown - no suggestion that it was a member of the Security Forces.

Unfortunately John, its unlikely that that this example of ethnic/religious cleansing will make the slightest bit of difference. Extremist Islamists would probably be celebrating the deed if they weren't otherwise occupied.

So, so sad Leslie. :-(


I'm a practising Christian and have been laughed at when I say that persecution still happens today.

I consider myself fortunate that I live in a place where I am surrounded by a choice of Christian churches to attend and that I can enter any of them without fear of retribution.

It's about time we stood up to be counted before...... it's too late.


Cx

That is really shocking, Leslie.

It is not only Egypt unfortunately. Those types of atrocities are going on in many countries. Prayer lists in churches for Christian friends caught up in warfare or "ethnic cleansing" are often long.

Hopefully this little girl's death will shock leaders into action to prevent such horrible things happening.

On our local radio religious program this morning was a report from Egypt of a 10 yr old girl shot by a soldier..She was leaving church carrying her bible after attending bible class..She was shot because she was an obvious christian and therefore classed as a traitor to her country..Evidently nearly all Christian churches in Egypt and Syria have been destroyed..The reporter said they only want a Muslim democracy and are steadily carrying out ethnic cleansing....My question is WHAT'S DEMOCRACY???? Am I missing the point and meaning??? LES.