Egyptian Pro Democracy

As America and the West observe the "pro Democracy" demonstrations in Egypt it would be well to remember that "Democracy" is not just about majority rule. It's equally a system of recognizing and protecting the rights of minorities.

Prior to the current outbreak of anti-Mubarak rioting in Egypt I drew this cartoon about the violence against the minority Christian populations of Egypt and the Middle East.

The occasion was recent murderous attacks on Egyptian Christians in which:

1. The Egyptians blame the Gazans:

Egypt: Militant group in Gaza behind church attack
(AP) January 23 2011
CAIRO (AP) — "An al-Qaida-linked group in Gaza was behind the New Year's Day suicide bombing that killed at least 21 Christians and wounded about a hundred outside a church in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, the country's top security official announced Sunday" -more

2.The Gazans blame the Jews:

Hamas blame Israel for Egyptian church attack
(Ynet) January 23, 2011
"Hamas published an announcement accusing the Mossad of being behind the New Year's Day suicide bombing that killed at least 21 Christians and wounded about a hundred outside a church in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria." -more

3.And nobody blames Islam or Islamism.

* * * And now, back to watching the Egyptian street on Israeli TV.

Posted by BLODOX

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