One of the saddest reflections on a multi-cultural society is the way minority groups can be marginalised and victimised.
An e-mail today indicates Christians in Egypt are much more openly being targetted by radical Muslin groups. The link to the story is http://www.barnabasfund.org/Christian-families-evicted-from-Egyptian-village-after-Muslim-violence.html. Sadly this is not new. The times of the Crusades, Christian Europe's fight against the tide of Islam in the Holy Land, and to Greek and Roman times, Christians have always been a minority vulnerable to abuse. One of the nastiest riots in Alexandria in Roman times was against a Christian philosopher who was beaten to death by an angry mob. It has always taken the resilience and determination of the government-of-the-time to uphold the law.
Sadly too Egypt was, in the first few centuries AD the leading church hierarchy. Christian leaders' names read like a glittering A-list of ancient clergy. Egypt is proud of her ancient Christian heritage. Modern-day Christians and other vulnerable people need the security of the state and a law which is .
Sadly too Egypt was, in the first few centuries AD the leading church hierarchy. Christian leaders' names read like a glittering A-list of ancient clergy. Egypt is proud of her ancient Christian heritage. Modern-day Christians and other vulnerable people need the security of the state and a law which is .