Egypt's Muslims Burn Down Seven Coptic Christian Homes

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http://news.yahoo.com/muslim-christians-clash-southern-egypt-221336984.html

By AYA BATRAWY | AP – 17 hrs ago

CAIRO (AP) — Around 200 Coptic Christians and Muslims clashed in a southern Egyptian province after a drawing depicting the Prophet Muhammad was posted on a local Christian student's Facebook page.

Troops sealed off several flashpoint villages after angry residents in the province of Assiut, 200 miles (320 kilometers) south of Cairo, burnt seven Coptic homes in reaction to the drawing.

Muslims generally oppose any depiction of the prophet, even favorable, for fear it could lead to idolatry. This particular drawing depicted four women asking the prophet's hand in marriage.

The strife began late Thursday when four homes belonging to relatives of the Coptic student were burned.

Villagers burned another three homes belonging to Copts in nearby villages on Friday. Copts comprise around 10 percent of Egypt's population.

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Just when the Christian/Muslim stories were starting to get positive for the new year around here....

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Just when the Christian/Muslim stories were starting to get positive for the new year around here....

...is when reality set in.

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We thinks you may need a little KUMBAYA in yer life..... Happy (depressing) New Year!

[sara..... 371]

As a Muslim i believe that the reactions that Muslims gave was wrong so wrong....what was done was an insult yes but education and our own actions or reactions is a better way to teach than this.

with that being said.....when this statement came out .. http://news.antiwar.com/2011/12/30/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-vows-to-protect-churches-during-christmas/

why would anyone feed the fire that it "seems" others were trying to put out?

just my opinon

sara

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Yes those reactions were wrong. That was very insulting to muslims, and if you already know it will be an insult then why would you choose to inflame members of another religion? We all need to try to live peacefully together and not make insults. But that does not give anyone permission to attack because of an insult. It was not an act of war or something serious, just rude.

And another note, drawings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) are not offensive just because it could lead to idoltary, it is more because no one knows how he (pbuh) really looked and its rude to just make up how someone looks. I wouldn't like if people in the future drew my face and made something look different, too big, too small. The Prophet deserves more respect than someone just messing around with how he looks (pbuh).

Happy New Year to everyone, keep remembering the brighter sides of life too.

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Yes those reactions were wrong. That was very insulting to muslims, and if you already know it will be an insult then why would you choose to inflame members of another religion? We all need to try to live peacefully together and not make insults. But that does not give anyone permission to attack because of an insult. It was not an act of war or something serious, just rude.

And another note, drawings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) are not offensive just because it could lead to idoltary, it is more because no one knows how he (pbuh) really looked and its rude to just make up how someone looks. I wouldn't like if people in the future drew my face and made something look different, too big, too small. The Prophet deserves more respect than someone just messing around with how he looks (pbuh).

Happy New Year to everyone, keep remembering the brighter sides of life too.

IMO any human being that goes nuts over a picture of Muhammad should be put to death, especially if they choose to burn someones house down over it.