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Africa: North
Egypt police disperse Muslims who attacked church
2005-10-21
CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian police clashed with Muslims after they attacked a church and injured passersby in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, angered over a DVD they consider anti-Muslim. "Nearly 5,000 faithful gathered after Friday prayers as they exited from a mosque in the Moharem Bek area in Alexandria and proceeded towards the Mar (Saint) Girgis church," the interior ministry said.
Friday prayers always git the rubes fired up
"A police force tried to prevent the protesters from approaching the church and attacking it, but they did not heed police warnings and stoned the church, the force and passersby, which resulted in injuries," the ministry said. "This left the police with no option but to use tear gas to disperse them," the statement added.
Police also used batons, witnesses said. There were no immediate details on the injuries or on whether there had been any arrests.
Well, it's not like they were doing anything disruptive, like calling for democracy

The protests came three days after a man lightly wounded a nun with a knife at the entrance to the same church, and a man who came to her aid was stabbed in the back.
Hallmark of the ROP
Islamists mounted two protests outside the church last week following the DVD release of a play produced by Saint Girgis two years ago. The play, performed by amateur actors, tells the story of a young Christian who converts to Islam and is exhorted by a sheikh to kill priests and destroy churches, according to the independent Al-Dustur paper.
So, it's a documentary?
Performances of the play had to be abandoned after it sparked a public outcry.
"They're defaming Islam by saying we're violent! Kill them!"
Church authorities have distanced themselves from the new recordings of the play.
Posted by:Steve

#7  Hey, if you were riding around for centuries on a camel's hump in sand storms so powerful, they can take the stain out of your underpants, and all you have is your honor, and your dagger, then:
May the water flow from your goatskin for the sons of ten thousand wives.
I think I just realized why they are so nuts.
Posted by: wxjames   2005-10-21 21:02  

#6  Its what happens when you have to the impress the diety with how much you "love" him in order to get into heaven. Killing someone else for insulting that diety then becomes some sort of sick ultimate sacrifice for the "peaceful" man who wants nothing more than peace.

Spot on. And do pray that Gawd has a sense of houmor, I've bet my soul on it.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-10-21 18:29  

#5  but dont you see? They are so passionate about their faith and about impressing Allen by how strenously they defend any hint of defamation by hurting and killing others.

Its what happens when you have to the impress the diety with how much you "love" him in order to get into heaven. Killing someone else for insulting that diety then becomes some sort of sick ultimate sacrifice for the "peaceful" man who wants nothing more than peace.

It goes back as always to the islamic ideal. mo did the same thing over and over. If someone picked on him or his "religion" they would quickly find themselves dead to preserve muslim honor/face. Its a deformed religion to its core because is so damn concerned with what other people think and say about it that violent reactions are common place. A religion with honor and its preservation as its highest ideal is going to get insulted at the drop of a hat all the time and will always have to resort to "strenous" violence in order to purify itself of the stain of insult. Anyone who is obsessed with honor cant deal peacefully with the way that the world is in real life. It cant deal with human nature. It cant deal with liberty. islam is a religion that cant deal with things not going its way or with opposition or open criticism and free speech. It cant play with the big boys. It can only be peaceful when it is in an environment where it gets to make the rules and no one else gets a say like a spoiled and rotten child. If the whole world kisses it ass, then everything is peachy. If not, we die. Some religion.
Posted by: peggy   2005-10-21 16:36  

#4  Napalm the nearest mosque and count the secondaries.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2005-10-21 16:24  

#3  Where can we get a copy?
Posted by: plainslow   2005-10-21 15:47  

#2  Nuthin to see here. Move it along. Just some of the boys smashing up an Infidel church that offended Islam. You've seen it all before. Back to your homes with you. Let's go. Move it along...
Posted by: CSI: Cairo   2005-10-21 15:41  

#1  "Islam, is a religion of tolerance." "Islam is a religion of peace."

"You want fries with that?"
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-10-21 15:36  

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