Christians protect praying Muslims in Egypt (Photo)

This from the twitter feed of Queen Noor of Jordan:

Where’s Bryan Fischer?

Note the Coptic cross on the wrist of this young man…

CNN seems to get this backwards, although perhaps the Muslims returned the favor.

[Update 10:00 a.m. in Cairo, 3:00 a.m. ET] Egyptian Coptic Christians are expected to gather at Tahrir square to pray for those who have lost their lives since the protests started. Muslim protesters said they will form a ring around the Christians to protect them during the service.

20 thoughts on “Christians protect praying Muslims in Egypt (Photo)”

  1. This is not surprising to me. While it is the case that the Coptic Church is often ‘hard pressed’ as a result of ‘religious’ extremism, there is also great solidarity among (‘moderate’) Egyptians, as those of us with links to Egypt know very well.

  2. According to Anglican Archbishop Anis, his Cathedral in Cairo is being protected by a steady guard of Muslims–it´s no accident that we can trust everyday Egyptians because they´ve proven to have good character–and demonstrate it, not just pontificate about it (like Archbishop Anis often does in when demeaning LGBTI Christians as less than orthodox in his befuddled opinion–THE RELIGIOUS BIGOTS and HATEMONGERS ARE THE PROBLEM).

    Leonardo Ricardo

  3. Hey, for some reason the Times search gave me the wrong article. Here’s the text in question:

    “Protesters in the square, meanwhile, sought to dispel the notion that their ostensibly secular, liberal movement might contain seeds of extremism. Coptic Christians held a Mass there while Muslims stood guard, repaying a favor that Christian protesters did for Muslims on Friday.”

    And here is the correct link:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/world/middleeast/07egypt.html

    It’s on the second page, towards the end.

  4. There’s no doubt that there is a serious problem with islamist extremism (in Egypt and elsewhere), just as christianist extremist is a cause of widespread unnecessary conflict and misery.

    Fischer, of course, is playing his usual trick of prejudicially stereotyping those who not see the world exactly as he does – which is no surprise, of course, as he is a ‘classic religious extremist’.

  6. As other comments have hinted, it appears this worked both directions. The Coptic Christians protected the Muslims during their Friday prayers, and the Muslims protected the Christians during their Sunday Mass.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/world/middleeast/08egypt.html

    Who knows for sure who had the idea first, but it is an example of democratic yearnings trumping religious extremism.

  7. I think Bryan Fischer’s head would be more likely to explode over the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood has been protecting Christians. In his mind, Christians will protect anybody as commanded by the Bible (even if he still practices hate himself) but Muslims will just kill anybody who isn’t a Muslim, including Christians.

    This, of course, is completely untrue.

  9. Christian Egyptians acting so much better than their Christian counterparts in America. I’m not surprised either, but I am happy to see this 🙂

  13. Hey, for some reason the Times search gave me the wrong article. Here’s the text in question:

    “Protesters in the square, meanwhile, sought to dispel the notion that their ostensibly secular, liberal movement might contain seeds of extremism. Coptic Christians held a Mass there while Muslims stood guard, repaying a favor that Christian protesters did for Muslims on Friday.”

    And here is the correct link:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/world/middleeast/07egypt.html

    It’s on the second page, towards the end.

  16. Christian Egyptians acting so much better than their Christian counterparts in America. I’m not surprised either, but I am happy to see this 🙂

  17. There’s no doubt that there is a serious problem with islamist extremism (in Egypt and elsewhere), just as christianist extremist is a cause of widespread unnecessary conflict and misery.

    Fischer, of course, is playing his usual trick of prejudicially stereotyping those who not see the world exactly as he does – which is no surprise, of course, as he is a ‘classic religious extremist’.

  18. I think Bryan Fischer’s head would be more likely to explode over the fact that the Muslim Brotherhood has been protecting Christians. In his mind, Christians will protect anybody as commanded by the Bible (even if he still practices hate himself) but Muslims will just kill anybody who isn’t a Muslim, including Christians.

    This, of course, is completely untrue.

  19. According to Anglican Archbishop Anis, his Cathedral in Cairo is being protected by a steady guard of Muslims–it´s no accident that we can trust everyday Egyptians because they´ve proven to have good character–and demonstrate it, not just pontificate about it (like Archbishop Anis often does in when demeaning LGBTI Christians as less than orthodox in his befuddled opinion–THE RELIGIOUS BIGOTS and HATEMONGERS ARE THE PROBLEM).

    Leonardo Ricardo

  20. This is not surprising to me. While it is the case that the Coptic Church is often ‘hard pressed’ as a result of ‘religious’ extremism, there is also great solidarity among (‘moderate’) Egyptians, as those of us with links to Egypt know very well.

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