68986694 Copts refute the Muslim character of the Egyptian revolution
At Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo in the afternoon Sunday, Feb. 6, Christian worship will be held, informs television channel Al-Jazeera. He will spend the Coptic community. One of the goals of service – to refute the claim that the protests against the regime of Hosni Mubarak initiated and supported exclusively by Islamists from the movement of the Muslim Brotherhood. " Copts – Egyptian Christians – make up 80 percent to 10 million people in Egypt. Most of them belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church, one of the so-called dohalkidonskih of ancient churches (along with the Armenian, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Syrian and Malabar). Copts take an active part in the protests going on in Egypt, the third week. Thus, al-Jazeera and other media have repeatedly reported that it was the Copts took upon themselves the defense of the area and mosques on Fridays, when Muslims went to pray. On the night of February 6, it became known that the Muslim Brotherhood, despite its earlier promises, had entered into negotiations with the authorities. This Islamist organization in Egypt is banned. Its members are most active in street protests, especially in Alexandria. Earlier, the Muslim Brotherhood have denied allegations that they are going after the overthrow of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak to turn into an Islamic state, and refused to participate in presidential elections, now scheduled for September 2011.
