Egypt arrests Christian over Muhammad drawing

Egypt arrests Christian over Muhammad drawing

Villagers chanting 'Allahu akbar' attacked 17-year-old's house after drawing of Islam's prophet was posted on Facebook


Egyptian authorities have detained a Coptic Christian student accused of posting a drawing of Islam's prophet on Facebook that triggered two days of violence in southern Egypt.

Gamal Massoud has been accused by fellow students of ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad.

According to a security official, the 17-year-old student denies that and says friends posted the picture on his Facebook page. The official spoke Saturday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

Since Wednesday, villagers have attacked Massoud's house while chanting "Allahu akbar," or "God is Great."

They have set fire to other Christians' houses.

Many Christian villagers fearing retaliation have left their homes.

Security forces intervened, using tear gas to disperse Muslim protesters.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45833888/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/#.TwEVmdVkidl

Facebook meets the Bronze Age. LOL!

I guess someone will support the savage villagers.

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No, you are aiding their cause too well by yourself by participating in the same activity.

 

I've never burned down a church or a rival sect's mosque as Islamists do. I do post news articles from AP.

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Was it a financed protest that defeated Mubarak? -like the Tea Party?

 

No he is NOT. Mr Glock is doing what more of us should to repress evil. We can not sweep crimes under the rug because the crimes happen to be inflicted upon Christians by PC Europe’s beloved Muslims. Haven't you heard this wise quote before; ‘All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing?’ So if YOU want evil to prevail just say nothing about the Christian persecution. Don’t worry the Christians are the most hated by radical Islam, if you are not Muslim, you will be next. Not maybe, you WILL be either converted or you will die, or be made to wish you were dead.

NOW is the time to stop radical Islam (RI). I do not say that lightly because I so detest any censorship or even the first toe in the door of government or others intruding upon religious belief. I fear if we do not stop RI now world war is imminent given enough time for RI to grow like a cancer. Chemo kills cancer but a full protocol is best, now is the time to eliminate the cancer from the world with the force of arms if necessary. it’s the only way to allow moderate Islam to survive and stop or slow the criminal activities of the true hairballs of the world ie RI.

Rev A

 

A) - Are you certain that you + fellow travellers can tell the difference between moderate ISLAM and "Radical Islam " ?

B) Ignoring your bull crap abt "cancers + Chemo " - How + what practical steps do you propose should be taken to STOP RI. ?


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Good point. And you're right, we should just get rid of all of them.

 

Are you advocating genocide?

 

Watch Taxi to the Dark Side and then tell me who the savages are.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX0MPcN08Zc"]"Taxi To The Dark Side" - Trailer - YouTube[/ame]

 

That was Marlowe. I just think she makes a good point. Can't tell the difference so for safety's sake remove all threats. Yes, the USA is more imortant than the religion of Islam.

 

Stay on topic for a change.

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A) Islam is Islam. The only thing that separates "radical" from "moderate" is whether or not a Muslim is willing to ignore parts of his/her religion. Unfortunately, jihad comprises a huge part of the religion.

B) Stopping immigration from the Islamic world should be step number one. Then, make it clear that Sharia will never become a part of Western society. Deporting trouble-makers should be the next.

 

No, we should all become reverse extremist jihadists and wipe out anyone who doesn't conform to Christianity. [end sarcasm] Have you read the OP? The mob was dispersed by the authorities. It was then all reported in the international news. Where is the rug? What was swept under it? Nothing.

Scaremongering now. Well that is a tried and tested Christian tactic, striking fear into the hearts of the naive and manipulable people, but is the potential outcome of using that tactic in these days of political volatility not somewhat reckless for any genuine man of God.

Spoken from the perspective of a Christian Minister, is that fear of competition? Are you intent on destroying Islam for the crimes committed by a few nutcases, or is it more of a spread the word of Christianity pursuit?

 

A good plan. Europe will be faced with this decision soon.

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It comes from the fact that the religion of Islam itself encourages terrorism and forced conversion on anyone who is not a believer.

 

According to most - Sharia laws applies to muslims NOT to non-muslims.

I'm not sure either of us understand the meaning of Jihad .

Some say Jihad is often mistakenly described as "holy war." the true meaning of Jihad is: a constant struggle to preserve one's faith and defend the rights to freedom of worship.


IMO like everything else it is more complex than popularly understood by non-students :

"The word Jihad stems from the Arabic root word J-H-D, which means "strive." Other words derived from this root include "effort," "labor," and "fatigue." Essentially Jihad is an effort to practice religion in the face of oppression and persecution. The effort may come in fighting the evil in your own heart, or in standing up to a dictator. Military effort is included as an option, but as a last resort and not "to spread Islam by the sword" as the stereotype would have one believe.



Read more and LEARN :

http://islam.about.com/od/jihad/f/jihad.htm


..... cheers.

 

Let's not forget a christians duty to "save the souls " of the heathens , and Christianity's record of forced conversions in the America's + Africa ? Its Crusading zeal. ?

Of course we dont do that anymore , do we ?

But too bad for those who fell victims to our past Chistian "soul savings "
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I do feel sympathy for the arrested man's community, and I feel some theoretical sympathy for him for having his rights trampled upon by Egyptian authorities. Having said that, the idiot should be horse-whipped for behaving in such an irresponsible manner (drawing the cartoon of Muhammed). If you wave a red flag in front of a bull, you should not be surprised if you end up gored.

 

You're hypocrisy is the topic

 

How can Sharia law not apply to non-Muslims who live in an Islamic society? Can a non-Muslim walk down the street with a bottle of liquor? No. Can he date a Muslim girl? No. Can he try and convert a Muslim to anothe religion? No. In fact, in an ideal Islamic society, Jews and Christians live as 2nd class dhimmi citizens who pay jizya for protection. They can't repair existing houses of worship, nor build new ones.

Jihad, historically, has meant violent conquest of new lands and the forced conversion of indigenous peoples. Muhammad spoke of jihad as a means of spreading Islam, and that is how it has been practiced ever since.

 

So what? We can't say anything about Islam because Christians did it at some point? Why is it that you guys can't argue Islam on its own merits, and have to drag other religions through the mud in order to defend it?

The Great Commission in the Bible was to baptize others in the name of Jesus to save them. Violent, forced conversion is not a part of that.

 

Horse-whipping someone because he drew a cartoon? Are you insane?

More bigotry of low expectations for Muslims. They can't control themselves, so if we do anything that provokes them into a murderous rage, the ensuing chaos is our fault. That sound about right?

 

Your perverted hate-filled assertions are wrong. Many "free" Americans cannot walk in the street with an uncovered bottle of liquor, and can't carry an open one in a car. Christian blue laws imposed many more such restrictions.

 

Way to miss the point. Also, good job focusing on only one of the points I made and ignoring the rest.

 

Ridiculous - we are not talking about actions hundreds of years ago and if there was a sect of Christianity that were beating people/killing people for making pictures of Jesus he would be against that too.

Islam has a lot of problems and the world collectively should point their finger at the practitioners of the religion and yell 'Knock this (*)(*)(*)(*) off!"