By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Mobs burned Christian shops just outside of Luxor in Egypt the other day.
They threw gasoline on the shops and lit them aflame. It all happened just as a young Christian man, Kerolos Ghattas, was about to go on trial. Ghattas is charged with blaspheming Allah and Islam.
There are about 9 million Coptic Christians in Egypt, they make up about 10% of the population. They live in fear. Their institutions are being burnt and plundered.
Ghattas has a popular blog and he has said some very critical things about Islam.
Despite the new elections and al Sisi winning nearly 97% of the vote, very little will change vis a vis the Christians of Egypt. They will continue on as they have been, an unprotected minority in a very hostile environment.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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