Being that eighty-five percent of your friends, family and neighbors are Christian, (and in Tennessee, I dare say the number is closer to 99 percent or 99.9 percent) don't you think that this declaration has any bearing upon you, personally?
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:36 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > Islamic Declaration of War on Christianity > --- > not a secular American concern. > > On Apr 17, 3:04 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > ** ** > > > > The recent jihad on historically significant cathedral is tantamount to a > > declaration of war...**** > > > > Is this email not displaying correctly? > > View it in your > > browser< > http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7fc209afcd3f3fdb729e813b2&id=d480...>. > > **** > > > > ** ** > > > > ** > > An Islamic Declaration of War on Christianity **** April 17, 2013 | > > Raymond Ibrahim**** > > > > While it is easy to confuse the recent jihadi attack on Egypt’s St. Mark > > Cathedral in Cairo as just more of the usual, this attack has great > > symbolic significance, and in many ways bodes great evil for Egypt’s > > millions of Christians.**** > > > > <http://raymondibrahim.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7fc209afcd3f3.. > .> > > **** > > > > *Unprecedented: one of Christendom’s most sacred sites turned into a war > > zone under the Muslim Brotherhood’s President Morsi.* > > > > Consider some facts: St. Mark Cathedral—named after the author of the > > Gospel of the same name who brought Christianity to Egypt some 600 years > > before Amr bin al-As brought Islam by the sword—is not simply “just > > another” Coptic church to be attacked and/or set aflame by a Muslim mob > > (see my forthcoming book, *Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on > > Christians*< > http://raymondibrahim.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=7fc209afcd3f...>, > > for a comprehensive idea of past and present Muslim attacks on Coptic > > churches). Instead, it is considered the most sacred building for > millions > > of Christians around the world—above and beyond the many millions of > Copts > > in and out of Egypt. As the only apostolic see in the entire continent > of > > Africa, its significance and evangelizing mission extends to the whole > > continent, including nations such as Sudan, Ethiopia, Libya, Tunisia, > > Morocco, and Algeria, to name just a few. As an apostolic see—the actual > > seat of an apostle of Christ—the cathedral further possesses historical > > significance for Christianity in general.**** > > > > In short, Muslim mobs—aided and abetted by the state of Egypt under > Muslim > > Brotherhood tutelage—did not merely attack yet one more Coptic church, > but > > rather committed an act of war against all Christianity. Such an open > > attack on a Christian center which holds symbolic and historic > significance > > for all Christians—St. Mark, whose relics are in the cathedral and who > > authored one of the four Gospels of the Bible, belongs to *all* > Christians > > not just Copts—was an open attack on a universally acknowledged Christian > > shrine. It was precisely these sorts of attacks on Eastern and Orthodox > > churches—including the destruction of the Church of the Resurrection in > > Jerusalem in 1009—that presaged the way for the crusades (back when > > Christianity was not utterly fragmented and disunited as it is > > today< > http://raymondibrahim.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=7fc209afcd3f...> > > ).**** > > > > Put differently, this jihadi attack on St. Mark Cathedral is no different > > for Copts than a jihadi attack on the Vatican would be for Catholics. > Or, > > to maintain the analogy, but from the other side, it would be no > different > > than a “crusader” attack on the Grand Mosque of Mecca for Muslims.**** > > > > While one can only imagine how the world’s Muslims would react to a > > “Christian/Western” assault on their most sacred of shrines, > > “post-Christian” Western leaders, as usual, stand idly by (not unlike > > Egyptian state security, which stood idly by as the Muslim mob opened > fire > > on the cathedral).**** > > > > As for Egypt’s Copts, they certainly did rally to the defense of Egypt’s, > > if not the entire continent of Africa’s, most important cathedral—hence > the > > draconian response from Egypt’s interior ministry (one eyewitness > > said< > http://raymondibrahim.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7fc209afcd3f...> > > security > > intentionally fired 40-50 gas bombs into the compound, knocking out many > > Christians, including several women and children). Just as Egyptian > forces > > were wroth with Copts when they demonstrated against the ongoing attacks > on > > their churches in Maspero in 2011—slaughtering over 20 Christians, > > including by intentionally running them over with armored-vehicles—it > > appears that Egyptian forces were quite irked with “dhimmi” Copts boldly > > defending their holiest site.... *Continue > > reading*< > http://raymondibrahim.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7fc209afcd3f...> > > **** > > > > ** ** > > > > *Copyright © 2013 Raymond Ibrahim, All rights reserved.* > > You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website.**** > > > > **** > > > > **** > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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