As you say, you’re the insider, the one who lives there. So you’d have a better idea than most of us what is going on and how local people think.I think yr post was worth commenting on
In a way you are right and in a way you are wrong. You are right that Christians are not the only victims of the aftermath of the Iraq invasion and focusing on Christian casualties of the war makes muslims think the world think they are worthless . It is exactly like you said… the Iraq invasion resulted in nearly 100.000 deaths … In a way you are wrong because you say you wont get much sympathy from Muslims. Believe me Christians are our neighbours and like our families .
As a muslim , i cannot envision my country Egypt (or any other country in the middle east with traditional Christian history) without a church tower in its skyline. I have many neighbours that are practicing Christians and i have no problems whatsoever with them… in fact i have more problems with my Muslim neighbours. That said… i did encounter some hostility as a muslim from ‘‘some’’ Orthodox Christians . But this was like 1 in ten Orthodox guys … Most Catholic and Evangelical christians in Egypt are patriotic.
The Middle east is complex but it is not beyound comprehension. Most Alqaida and the likes are Criminals and uneducated fools that got recruited and charged with wrong ideas. The Middle east is poor and uneducated and there is abundance of the sort. Invasions and the like will only result in chaos… no muslim can contain such a chaos.
The problems of the middle east start with 3
1- Israel
2- Dictatorships
3- Foreign interference
when the above 3 are solved then we are able to tackle
4- Human development
5- Education and culture of diversity
6- Economy
The problem is that the first 3 problems are a hindrance against the development on the second 3 problems… sound simplistic… sound unrelated… when you are an insider like me the fine lines show. And before any body jumps on me to say that i want to eradicate jews or stuff like that … i dont. I just know from the bottom of my heart that the current modern state of Israel is an artificial state that is not and wil not be part of the area as long as it doesnt want to be part of the area… How can Israel be part of the middle east if palestinians cant get their rights? The additional truth is that if palestinians get their rights. Israel will be arab. and it will join the arab world again and there will be no problem.
I sincerely hope that the middle east will keep its christians and jews and even have the ones that immigrated to come back.
thanks,
Meedo
Hi Meedo: Lots of good insights in your post. Thank you for sharing that.I think yr post was worth commenting on
In a way you are right and in a way you are wrong. You are right that Christians are not the only victims of the aftermath of the Iraq invasion and focusing on Christian casualties of the war makes muslims think the world think they are worthless . It is exactly like you said… the Iraq invasion resulted in nearly 100.000 deaths … In a way you are wrong because you say you wont get much sympathy from Muslims. Believe me Christians are our neighbours and like our families .
As a muslim , i cannot envision my country Egypt (or any other country in the middle east with traditional Christian history) without a church tower in its skyline. I have many neighbours that are practicing Christians and i have no problems whatsoever with them… in fact i have more problems with my Muslim neighbours. That said… i did encounter some hostility as a muslim from ‘‘some’’ Orthodox Christians . But this was like 1 in ten Orthodox guys … Most Catholic and Evangelical christians in Egypt are patriotic.
The Middle east is complex but it is not beyound comprehension. Most Alqaida and the likes are Criminals and uneducated fools that got recruited and charged with wrong ideas. The Middle east is poor and uneducated and there is abundance of the sort. Invasions and the like will only result in chaos… no muslim can contain such a chaos.
The problems of the middle east start with 3
1- Israel
2- Dictatorships
3- Foreign interference
when the above 3 are solved then we are able to tackle
4- Human development
5- Education and culture of diversity
6- Economy
The problem is that the first 3 problems are a hindrance against the development on the second 3 problems… sound simplistic… sound unrelated… when you are an insider like me the fine lines show. And before any body jumps on me to say that i want to eradicate jews or stuff like that … i dont. I just know from the bottom of my heart that the current modern state of Israel is an artificial state that is not and wil not be part of the area as long as it doesnt want to be part of the area… How can Israel be part of the middle east if palestinians cant get their rights? The additional truth is that if palestinians get their rights. Israel will be arab. and it will join the arab world again and there will be no problem.
I sincerely hope that the middle east will keep its christians and jews and even have the ones that immigrated to come back.
thanks,
Meedo
What will they going to do with those two “converted” female? Oh dear… Al Qaeda really think that if someone attack them, then they have the right to attack the children of the attacker’s neighbor.Alqaida in Iraq has just released a PR stating that all Christians in Iraq now are targets for Jihadists because the Coptic church in Egypt hasn’t released two “converted” female muslims.