Monday, January 31, 2011

Cairo

We were in Cairo 2 years ago. This was our first glimpse of the river Nile. We spent 5 days in Cairo, visiting the pyramids in Giza, Saqqara and Dashur. We went to the Coptic monasteries at Wadi Natrun. We saw Coptic Cairo. There were tourism police on guard outside these churches and Coptic Cairo. The bomb squad was there at all times. At this time of unrest my thoughts are with the Coptic Christians of Cairo. Mubarak has been instrumental in protecting the Coptic Christians. If he is deposed, what will happen to the Coptic Christians? The same fate will befall them as with all Christians living in Muslim countries, vulnerable and in danger. Mubarak is an ally of the USA but the Obama administration is throwing him under the bus. Egyptian Christians living in the USA are very concerned. They still have families in Egypt.

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