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To: Thomas M. who wrote (3835)	3/8/2004 5:28:24 PM
From: rrufff	Respond to of 3959

That is bad but can you imagine the fate of a Jewish tourist driving through Ramallah? Heck - let's talk about Christians!!! Egypt Deploys 1,000 Police After Christians Killed Sat Mar 6, 9:10 AM ET Add World - Reuters to My Yahoo! SOHAG, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities deployed some 1,000 police around a southern town on Saturday to forestall any Muslim-Christian clashes after two Christian men were killed in a street brawl, security sources said. The Christians were axed to death after a donkey being ridden by a Muslim man slipped on the wet roadway outside their house in the town of Salamoun, about 350 km (220 miles) south of Cairo, they said. The donkey rider was later arrested and questioned. Witnesses in the town said there had been no further violence but the situation was tense. Salamoun, a Nile valley town of about 40,000 people, is close to 40 percent Coptic Christian but was also a stronghold of militant Islamists who fought the government in the 1990s. Tensions between the Muslim and Christian communities are a sporadic problem in southern Egypt. The last major outbreak of violence was in 1999, when 20 Christians were killed and 33 people wounded in the southern village of Kosheh.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (3835)	3/9/2004 4:00:55 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

Follow-up to my posts #2412 & #2474: THE STUMBLING BLOCK How the Passion of the Christ may help bring Peace to the Middle East By Israel Shamir In the Return of the King, the Oscar-studded film based on the Tolkien's fantasy, there is a touching and inspiring moment: at the lowest ebb of struggle, when the Sauron hordes pour in through the breached gates of Gondor, horns announce the arrival of the relieving force. Rohan is coming, and the looting Orks retreat from the City in disarray. Such a rescue force came to the embattled people of the Middle East in the unexpected form of a film. This inspired creation of Mel Gibson broke the dangerous and immoral alliance between devout American Christians and their Jewish shepherds. Mel Gibson and his The Passion of Christ may well have advanced the cause of justice and peace in Palestine more than we could possibly dream of. Incidentally, he succeeded in undermining the most dangerous heresy in the long history of Christianity: the right-wing Evangelicals' infatuation with Jews and Zionism. Now it is the time to recognise this victory and enjoy its fruits. [...] israelshamir.net