Egyptian Muslims Riot, Kill to Protest Images of Violent Muslims
Like the fun-hating lunatic who wants to make a violent video games to show that making violent video games is bad, Egyptian Muslims killed one and injured dozens in protests over art that depicted Muslims as violent:
One Muslim protestor was killed and dozens more wounded in violent clashes with police in Alexandria amid mounting tensions in the Egyptian Mediterranean city over a Christian video, the interior ministry said. Following an earlier demonstration that had gathered at least 5,000 people, Muslims angered by release of a DVD by the Saint Girgis Church grouped outside the building again in the evening after breaking their Ramadan fast...
The protests came three days after a man lightly wounded a nun with a knife at the entrance to the same church, and a man who came to her aid was stabbed in the back. The play, performed by amateur actors, tells the story of a young Christian who converts to Islam and is exhorted by a sheikh to kill priests and destroy churches, according to the independent Al-Dustur paper. Performances of the play had to be abandoned after it sparked a public outcry.
Nothing like a little violence to put the brakes on art. Hey, at least this kind of thing isn't happening in Western Europe.
One Muslim protestor was killed and dozens more wounded in violent clashes with police in Alexandria amid mounting tensions in the Egyptian Mediterranean city over a Christian video, the interior ministry said. Following an earlier demonstration that had gathered at least 5,000 people, Muslims angered by release of a DVD by the Saint Girgis Church grouped outside the building again in the evening after breaking their Ramadan fast...
The protests came three days after a man lightly wounded a nun with a knife at the entrance to the same church, and a man who came to her aid was stabbed in the back. The play, performed by amateur actors, tells the story of a young Christian who converts to Islam and is exhorted by a sheikh to kill priests and destroy churches, according to the independent Al-Dustur paper. Performances of the play had to be abandoned after it sparked a public outcry.
Nothing like a little violence to put the brakes on art. Hey, at least this kind of thing isn't happening in Western Europe.
