Yep, those A-rabs can't govern themselves. Just like negros and womenfolk. We should have nice whitey-approved dictators in place for them too!
Why don't you make that snarky remark to Coptic Christians, gays and..........womanfolk.
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Christians face waves of persecution
Coptic Christians concerned about future
Many are leaving, fearing radical Islamists will take power and make their faith less tolerated
Fears and worries murmur like prayers beneath the hammered crosses of the Church of the Virgin Mary.
"The whole country will collapse," says Shenouda Nasri.
"I'm trying to get my family out," says Samir Ramsis.
"This is the Islamists' time," says George Saied.
A caretaker sweeps the stones, a woman slips into a pew. But these days Egypt's minority Coptic Christians are finding little serenity. Islamist political candidates, including puritanical Salafis, are dominating parliamentary elections. Sectarianism is intensifying and the patriotic veneer that unified Egyptians in overthrowing longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak is threatened by ultraconservative Muslim clerics whose divisive voices had been sup-pressed by the state for decades.
"Our goal is to achieve an Islamic caliphate with Islamic Shariah rules," Mohamed Zoghbi, a hard-line Salafi preacher, said this year on TV. "If Egypt becomes a caliphate, then the Middle East and Arab countries will follow our path. All Muslim youth should strive and die to build this caliphate even over their own bodies."
Copts are now anxiously watching a theological and political battle sharpen between Muslim parties that are expected to win at least 60 per cent of parliamentary seats after the final round of elections in January. The struggle between the Salafis and the more moderate and popular Muslim Brotherhood will define an emerging political Islam and how deeply religion will be ingrained in public life.
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