Celebrations of Orthodox Christmas began with a late night Friday Mass at Cairo's main cathedral, which was attended by prominent figures from across Egypt's political spectrum. They included leaders of Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group whose associated political party has won nearly half the seats in parliament.
Members of the ruling military council that took power after Mubarak's Feb. 11 ouster also attended, including chief of staff Lt. Gen. Sami Anan, as well as the visiting top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East, Jeffrey Feltman.
Coptic Pope Shenouda III commended their presence and appealed for national unity for "the sake of Egypt."
"For the first time in the history of the cathedral, it is packed with all types of Islamist leaders in Egypt," the 88-year old pope said. "They all agree ... on the stability of this country and in loving it, and working for it and to work with the Copts as one hand for the sake of Egypt."
... The Coptic Orthodox celebration follows an escalation in violence against the minority, an estimated 10 percent of Egypt's 85 million people, over the past year.THE SHOW OF UNITY IS JUST THAT: A SHOW.
ISLAM DEMANDS SUBSERVIENCE FROM IT MONOTHEISTIC ELDERS, AND THAT SECOND CLASS "DHIMMI" STATUS ALWAYS LEADS TO VIOLENCE AND EMIGRATION.
THE MIDDLE EAST WON'T BE PEACEFUL UNTIL ISLAM ACCEPTS JEWS AND CHRISTIANS AS FULL HUMANS - AND THAT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH ISLAM.
ERGO: ISLAM MUST BE UTTERLY DEFEATED FOR THEIR TO BE PEACE.
I agree, Like with Obama what they say and what they do is a different thing.
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