January 8, 2011
Muslims turned up in droves for the Coptic Christmas mass Thursday night, offering their bodies, and lives, as “shields” to Egypt’s threatened Christian community

thenewfilo:soupsoup:

Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light vigils held outside.

From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had offered their bodies as “human shields” for last night’s mass, making a pledge to collectively fight the threat of Islamic militants and towards an Egypt free from sectarian strife.

“We either live together, or we die together,” was the sloganeering genius of Mohamed El-Sawy, a Muslim arts tycoon whose cultural centre distributed flyers at churches in Cairo Thursday night, and who has been credited with first floating the “human shield” idea.

I’m not a religious person, but this nearly brought me to tears.

“We either live together, or we die together,”

(via onemoretimewithfeeling)

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    I love this quote. I’ve definitely posted it before but it bears repeating. If he gets it - and we’re talking about...
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    BUT, I wonder if they will show this on our news? All that matters is that it happened.
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    The world needs more of this
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    —His Holiness the
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    I am increasingly jaded with any organized religion but this, this to me is real brother/sisterhood in varying faiths.
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