Yasser al-Bourhami is called out for inciting violence against Egypt's Coptic Christians
Egyptian blogger and political activist Mahmoud Salem, more commonly known by his online persona Sandmonkey, filed a civil lawsuit on Thursday, January 26th against the well-known and influential Salafi preacher Yasser al-Bourhami for the latter’s incitement of violence against Coptic Christians. While the details of this suit are still emerging, they deserve serious domestic and global attention: if methodically pursued, the case could form an important challenge to Egypt’s still-persistent culture of legal impunity for violence and discrimination against members of the country’s significant Christian minority.
Via Michael Totten, who comments, “[Mahmoud Salem] is a Muslim, by the way, not a Copt. And he’s a real stand-up guy. Last year he ran for parliament in Cairo and lost, which is a shame. Egypt could become a great country if someone like him were elected its president. I don’t expect to see that in my lifetime, but who knows.”
What do you think?
9:21 am
Thank G-d. The evil of violence and murder in any country is a blot against the people and their faith.
I am on my blog trying to raise the cry of the need to do something to help these people.