Egypt: What's happening?

[roo_ster]

Next time there is a school shooting, do not be offended to see foreign media fall over each other in the rush to depict America as horrible, hyperviolent, racist place.

Well, if our participants at political rallies ran off and shot up schools, our gov't's policy was explicitly pro-school-shooting, and our religious leaders promoted school shooting from the pulpit, that analogy would hold water.

[MicroBalrog]

You know the religious leaders of Egypt condemn terrorism and claim it is the Allied forces in Iraq that are blessed by Allah, right?

[Jamisjockey]

You know the religious leaders of Egypt condemn terrorism and claim it is the Allied forces in Iraq that are blessed by Allah, right?

You're assuming they will win in the ensuing power struggle.

[longeyes]

Next time there is a school shooting, do not be offended to see foreign media fall over each other in the rush to depict America as horrible, hyperviolent, racist place.

Of course "foreign media" have trouble with doing that when the shooters are immigrants and/or racial minorities, don't they?

[Balog]

You know the religious leaders of Egypt condemn terrorism and claim it is the Allied forces in Iraq that are blessed by Allah, right?

All of them? Really? I guess broad brushing is fine when it seems like a compliment right?

As for foreign media blah blah, the difference there is that they would be wrong.

[HankB]

You know the religious leaders of Egypt condemn terrorism and claim it is the Allied forces in Iraq that are blessed by Allah, right?

We know that by the vigorous way they prosecute people who harm Christians and vandalize churches, and how they make it so easy for Christians to build, upgrade, and repair their churches.

[MicroBalrog]

All of them? Really? I guess broad brushing is fine when it seems like a compliment right?

The ones who actually have spots in the country's most prestigious Islamic institution.

[roo_ster]

We know that by the vigorous way they prosecute people who harm Christians and vandalize churches, and how they make it so easy for Christians to build, upgrade, and repair their churches.

Heh!

[MicroBalrog]

We know that by the vigorous way they prosecute people who harm Christians and vandalize churches, and how they make it so easy for Christians to build, upgrade, and repair their churches.

Clearly those Egyptians who fight against Hamas - literally fight, with guns and explosives and chemical weapons - are just terrorism supporters.

[Balog]

Clearly those Egyptians who fight against Hamas - literally fight, with guns and explosives and chemical weapons - are just terrorism supporters.

So you agree with "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"?

The ones who actually have spots in the country's most prestigious Islamic institution.

I could show you people in Britain's "most prestigious Christian institution" who think ordaining lesbians is Biblical. Hardly describes the majority Christian viewpoint on the issue.

[Jamisjockey]

This one is wandering around in the weeds.