Posts Tagged ‘Muslims’

United We Stand متحدون لإستكمال الثورة

A sheikh and a monk in Tahrir Square, in a show of national unity in Tahrir Square, as the sit-in entered its 14th day on Thursday…

Tahrir Square مسلم مسيحي مصريين كلنا في الهم عايشين

A banner in the square: “Muslim, Christian… We are all sharing the misery.”

The Tahrir Square sit in entered its eighth day on Friday, with anti-government protests and sit-ins continuing around the country. Islamist groups are still absent from the scene.

#Jan25 Muslims and Christians protest sectarian attacks مسلمين مسيحيين .. الحرية هي الدين

Muslims and Christians march in Abdel Moneim Riyadh Square, heading to join a protest in Maspero in front of the State TV, denouncing sectarian attacks on Copts in Atfeeh (Helwan, south of Cairo). Note the support coming from drivers, honking. One car that passed right beside me in the video also had this sticker “25 January” on the back window.

#Jan25 ربط علم مصر بين كنيسة القديسين و الجامع

Via Ahram Online: As a show of national unity, an Egyptian flag was hung between the Two Saints Church, the site of the New Year’s bombing which resulted in the death of two dozen people, and the mosque facing it…

#Jan25 عاش الهلال مع الصليب

Protesters on Qasr el-Nil Bridge, chanting for national unity between Muslims and Christians…

#Jan25 Muslims and Christians United Against Mubarak

Banners calling for unity between Muslims and Christians against Mubarak.

نداء لكل المصريين – تسمح تولعلي؟ – ٢٠١١

Egypt polarized

Reading about sectarian crimes between Muslims and Christians has become almost a daily routine. And it’s depressing me.

But again it’s a polarized society that is not moving in just one direction. Strikes, protests over social, economic, political issues affecting the poor from the two communities provide the only hope–a hope for unity from below…

Scores of Muslims killed in Xinjiang riots

Unity وحدة

Tanta Flax and Oil Co strikers Safwat Michel and Ibrahim Allam.
Amid some of the worst sectarian fighting Egypt is witnessing, the strike wave in contrast demonstrates strong unity between Muslim and Coptic workers…