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Title: Egypt Christians, Muslims Unite in Tahrir
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URL Source: http://www.onislam.net/english/news ... s-muslims-unite-in-tahrir.html
Published: Feb 6, 2011
Author: News Agencies
Post Date: 2011-02-06 10:29:06 by go65
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CAIRO – Joining hands against the regime of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian Muslim and Christian protestors shared funeral prayers in Tahrir square on Sunday, February 6, for the victims of brutal security crackdowns on demonstrations. “Nothing can describe our feelings,” Michael Muneer, a Christian activist and chairman of the civil organization “Hand In hand for Egypt”, told Aljazeera satellite channel. “Christians pray and Muslims defend them. It is a touching scene.” In the course of what Egyptian protestors called the “Week of Resistance,” protesters took to the streets for a “million marsh” in the 13th day called “Sunday of Martyrs” as ripples of normalcy slowly swept across Egypt. Protestors gathered for afternoon prayer after which they prayed funeral prayers in absentia for those killed during the protests, estimated by more than 300. By one o’clock PM (CLT), Christians started their Sunday Mass in Cairo's Tahrir Square as Muslim protesters formed a ring around them to protect them during the service. Chanting “one hand,” they appeared holding the Holy Quran and the Cross as Christians and Muslims crossed their hands. Since the eruption of the protests, no single attack was reported on any church in Egypt, though all police forces withdrew from their locations in front of churches.
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