By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
The Christian population in Egypt constitutes a large minority, numbering about 10 million people which puts them at 10% of the entire population. And yet, Egypt's Christians live in fear.
Christians living in Egypt are Coptic Christians.
In a village south of Cairo, seven Christian homes were recently burned and an elderly, 70 year of
Christian mother, was stripped, beaten and dragged through the streets.
The woman's son, a Christian, was the real target of the attack. The son managed to escape as the mob shot thousands of bullets into the air. The attackers were so angry at not being able to find the son, that they grabbed the mother and attacked her. They also burned and looted neighboring homes.
Police arrived two hours after the attack. They arrested six people and are looking for twelve others. According to witnesses the angry crowd was as large as 300 people all shouting in unison "Death to the Infidel." President el-Sisi has condemned the act of violence.
Rumors had spread that the son was involved with a Muslim woman - a practice that is shunned in Egypt. And the son actually called the police the day before the attack issuing a complaint about threats that he was receiving.
The Christian community feels threatened. This is just one of many examples.
It should be noted that had it been a Muslim man and a Christian woman - there would have been no reaction from the Muslims.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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