AHRAM ONLINE – Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night.
What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community,
was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas
eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light
vigils held outside.
From the well-known to the unknown, Muslims had offered their bodies as “human shields” for last night’s mass, making a pledge to collectively fight the threat of Islamic militants and towards an Egypt free from sectarian strife.
“We either live together, or we die together,” was the sloganeering genius of Mohamed El-Sawy, a Muslim arts tycoon whose cultural centre distributed flyers at churches in Cairo Thursday night, and who has been credited with first floating the “human shield” idea.
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Article by Yasmine El-Rashidi
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Photograph by AlicePopkorn
