Religious violence escalated over this weekend in Egypt, with overnight clashes leaving at least 12 people dead, hundreds wounded, and two Christian churches in the city of Cairo set on fire.
The Egyptian military junta’s Interior Ministry said that the deaths included six Christians and six Muslims, and junta PM Essam Sharaf canceled his overseas trip for an emergency cabinet meeting aimed at calming the situation.
Muslim religious leaders in the country condemned the attacks on Egypt’s Christian minority, and the military announced the deployment of additional troops to protect churches from additional attacks.
The military arrested large numbers of people, and says 190 people will face military trials in connection with the clashes. The military has been in charge of the country for several months since protests ousted long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak.
Religious is a poison.., is a narcotics to those who have no other beliefs but religious, is a tool to divide people on the bases of differences in religious.., so is been throughout the history. Having said that: the modernized version of dividing people did started when Bill Clinton and Madeline Albright used religion as their instrument to divide Yugoslavia.., then come along George W. Bush and bunch of conservative neo fascism including Tony Blair concluding that it can be done again in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world supporting those who are not only fundamentalists but fascist as they are.
It is not clear who is behind the bombing but one thing is for sure.., is a job in dividing people for the democracy not to succeed, is a indication that there are those who wants for people to be divided, is a statement made by those who can not say their meanings in any ways but by terrorizing people.., killing innocents and calling it freedom or democracy their way.., question is what is it that these people freeing themselves from.., a human responsibility..!, haven’t they been thought that there is no other way for this world to exist then for its people being united… that’s where democracy starts and ends.., democracy is not even close to the meaning of the word when a system use and abuse people.., terrorizing people is part of that use and abuse of power.
LEAVE THOSE CHURCHES ALONE.
You Muslims out there- you know who you are- you KNOW you are doing wrong, not only from a human standpoint, but from your own Islamic teachings. Do NOT take out your petty differences on churches or the Christian congregation- you know you're supposed to be protecting them from exactly the sort of thing YOU are doing. Whether you agree with Christianity or not is irrelevant- what IS relevant is that you have no justification for your actions- unless those Christians were attacking you, and using the churches as a base, you are WRONG to do what you have done. Ask yourselves: What would the Prophet (saw) have done? Do you think your actions will gain you any favor when you stand before Allah (swt) on Judgement Day? Stop this senseless violence and use other methods- PEACEFUL METHODS- to get your message across. The whole world is watching you, and you're giving Islam and Muslim people one more black mark to overcome.