Media Afraid to Cover Muslim Atrocities

Frankly, I can't decide which is worse: the media's complicit silence on the mass slaughter of Christians in Egypt, Thailand, Ethiopia, Indonesia, etc., the Hindus in India and the Jews in Israel, or the spin when they finally have to report on it because the story is too big to ignore.

Take this story: 4000 Muslims Attack Christian Homes in Egypt, Torch Church

The latest muslim rampaging hordes against the Coptics in Egypt is now being spun as a ........ Romeo and Juliet story.

Thanks to Valerie for sending it. She adds, "Here’s a link to an AP story attributing the violence against Christians as a romantic Romeo and Juliet episode. Spinning the story this way also makes the Christians partially responsible for what happened even though they are the victim."

Egyptian church torched over mixed-religion romance CTV

An Egyptian Muslim man walks past the still-blood-spattered mosque located directly opposite the Saints Church, unseen, in Alexandria, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP / Ben Curtis)
An Egyptian Muslim man walks past the still-blood-spattered mosque located directly opposite the Saints Church, unseen, in Alexandria, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP / Ben Curtis)

An Egyptian Muslim man walks past a mosque located directly opposite the Saints Church, unseen, in Alexandria, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP / Ben Curtis)

View Larger ImageThe Associated Press

Date: Saturday Mar. 5, 2011

CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian security officials say Christian and Muslim families have clashed south of Cairo in a dispute over a romance between children from the two families. The fathers from both families have been killed and a crowd of Muslims has torched a church.

Mixed relationships are taboo in Egypt, where the Muslim majority and sizable Christian minority are both largely conservative. Such relationships are often the source of deadly clashes between the faiths. Christians also complain that they face discrimination.

Officials say a crowd of Muslims encircled the church in Soul on Saturday and set the building on fire after police and soldiers took those inside to safety.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity.