The danger, of course, is that the Muslim world will increasingly become less flexible and more like the fundamentalist world you describe with al Qaradawi serving as one very influential example.
If anything the Sawaris family is not typical of most Copts, many of whom are poor and experience discrimination on a daily basis. It is appalling that what they have to go through in order to build churches or worship freely. Protecting the freedom of religious minorities in Egypt is crucial. What happened in Aswan is indicative of a long-standing problem that needs to be acknowledged and dealt with honestly. The Copts have legitimate historical grievances. Anybody concerned with universal human rights needs to take them seriously.
The danger, of course, is that the Muslim world will increasingly become less flexible and more like the fundamentalist world you describe with al Qaradawi serving as one very influential example.
meanwhile our leaders don't even make a pretense of caring or bother to show up at Rio... should we cry in despair?
Thank you for this informative and very important article.
one might want to add that at this historical juncture this quote applies to women in a big sort of way
If anything the Sawaris family is not typical of most Copts, many of whom are poor and experience discrimination on a daily basis. It is appalling that what they have to go through in order to build churches or worship freely. Protecting the freedom of religious minorities in Egypt is crucial. What happened in Aswan is indicative of a long-standing problem that needs to be acknowledged and dealt with honestly. The Copts have legitimate historical grievances. Anybody concerned with universal human rights needs to take them seriously.