From the Astute Bloggers:
NYTimes/AP: Egypt to Pay for Restoration of All Synagogues Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter was rededicated in a private ceremony.BRAVO!
Farouk Hosny said in a statement that his ministry views Jewish sites as much a part of Egypt's culture as Muslim mosques or Coptic churches and the restorations would not require any foreign funding.
On Sunday, the Ben Maimon synagogue, named after the 12th century rabbi and intellectual Maimonides, was rededicated in a ceremony including half a dozen Egyptian Jewish families that long ago fled the country.
Hosny committed his ministry to restoring all 11 synagogues across Egypt, three of which have already been renovated. The best-known synagogue that of Ben Ezra, is located in Cairo's Christian quarter near a number of old churches and was restored years ago.
NOW THEY SHOULD ALSO PAY RESTITUTION FOR ALL THE PROPERTY THEY CONFISCATED WHEN THEY EXPELLED THE JEWS IN 1956.
NOTE: BEFORE MUHAMMAD CAME THROUGH AND USED TERROR AND GENOCIDE TO CONVERT NORTH AFRICANS TO ISLAM, THE WHOLE PLACE WAS JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN.
IOW: ISLAM IS THE INVADER.
6 comments:
Pastorius,
Lets hope that this is a sign of things to come. I won't hold my breath, but maybe this will eventually lead to them being more tolerant of other religions in general, especially if every attempt to destroy the non Islamic societies and all they hold dear ends in failure from this point on. One can hope, but lets not operate on that assumption.
I think this might have to do with the recent Great Arab World Suckup to Israel.
They want Israel to bomb Iran, so they're sucking up.
Pastorius,
Maybe. I don't know. Than again, even that could be somewhat of precedent. However, like I said, I'm not going to hold my breath.
Interesting theory, Pasto.
It may have more to do with Egypt-Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood and HAMAS becoming too much to leave around to grow any further.
Bu while the egyptians are at it, HOW MANY JEWS ARE IN EGYPT after the escape 3200 years ago this month?
Pastorius,
All that maybe true, but this is a little extreme as far as sucking up. Showing any tolerance for non muslims will encourage them to demand more. So if you think about it, this is a bit odd. Plus people are rarely logically consistent all the time, if ever.
Anonymous,
Your theory that it is a trap sounds accurate to me. If it is a trap, then it is a very unsubtle trap. But, this is Islam we're talking about, after all.
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