Objet: Tr: Egyptian Police fires rubber bullets at 25000 angry Copts inside the Cathedral
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001


Chers amis,
Ca barde en Egypte. Voici les dernières nouvelles prises sur internet (de source sure)
Admirons cette communauté chrétienne et demandons nous si nous, chrétiens de France, nous aurons assez de force morale pour "faire face" à l'islam comme ils le font.
Et pourtant il nous faudra bien nous aussi faire face à la masse défermlante de musulmans chez nous...en attendant les réfugiés politiques algériens (les ex FL...exclus du Pouvoir...persécutés à leur tour par le F.IS....mais qui n'auront pas oublié comment ils égorgeait nos femmes et enfants en Algérie.).
Alors voilà l'Islam "modéré" à l'égyptienne...et à la française !
Tirons en les leçons...
Et aidons moralement nos "frères" coptes".
Faites passer le mesage.

----- Original Message -----
From: TheCopts@Copts.com
To: CoptsDigest@copts.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 9:31 PM
Subject: Egyptian Police fires rubber bullets at 25000 angry Copts inside the Cathedral


US Copts Association
8116 Arlington Blvd.
#155
Falls Church, VA 22042

===================== Please Circulate ============================

Egyptian Police fires rubber bullets at 25000 angry Copts inside the Cathedral

Press Release: For information contact Michael Meunier 703-930-0120

URGENT: (Washington DC, 6/20/2001): US Copts Association learned that on Wednesday June 20, 2001 around 7:00 PM Egypt Time, and until the time of this release (2:40 PM EST), over 25,000 angry Copts are gathered inside the Cathedral in Abassyah to protest human Rights abuses by the Egyptian government. The crowd chanted anti government slogans and wanted the international community to investigate the Egyptian government's hand in Al-Kosheh massacre and Al-Nabaa newspaper issues, which attacked the church.

The Egyptian police fired rubber bullets wounding over 100 Copts (number is unconfirmed) while they were inside the Cathedral. US Copts Association was on a mobile phone with one of the demonstrators and confirmed the gunfire and was able to speak to two of the wounded protesters. The Egyptian police are hunting these peaceful protesters while the Cathedral walls confine them.

We call on the International community to guarantee the safety of the peaceful protesters and to pressure the Egyptian government to seriously address the serious concerns the Coptic community has in Egypt.

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