On New Year’s Day, a devastating terrorist bombing at a Coptic Christian church in Egypt killed 21 people and injured 79 others. It was assumed the culprits were Muslim extremists, intent on targeting those they saw as heretics.
The following week, as Egyptian Copts attended mass at churches across the country to celebrate their Christmas, “thousands” of Muslims, including “the two sons of President Hosni Mubarak,” joined them, acting as “human shields” to protect them from possible terrorist attack.
The Muslims organized under the slogan “We either live together, or we die together.”
(READ the story at Think Progress)
Unbelievable…unbelievable.
What a healing story!
Is there any way I can share this on Facebook? It would be great if newcomers could view a couple of subscriber-only stories before being locked out of them. For sharing purposes.
Very powerful story, thank you.
Yes! This story was in my Most Popular section, which changes weekly and has all free stories.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/most-popular/muslim-human-shield-protects-coptics.html
To check if a story is archived in the Most Popular section, just use the search tool and look to see which section the story is in, when viewing search results. (Search using the most odd or unique word that would be in that story or headline.)
Can I share too on facebook? It will give a new perception to the people around the world.
Yes, Fatz, click on that link up in comment #3 and you can share on Facebook (you will see a FB button there)
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