What Egyptian Copts are telling us about the Egyptian revolution.
In a rather telling headline, the WSJ reports today that the Christians of Egypt are worried what might happen with Mubarak's departure. Consider Coptic Christians Worry About Future Without Mubarak and think about this for a moment. Why would about 8 million people willingly accept an autocratic tyrant who has turned Egypt into a police state? The same 8 million people who have been beaten, persecuted, blown up and marginalized by the virtue of them being Christian? People who in some areas are relegated to the trash heaps of Egypt, literally . What can possibly be worse than what they already have? Answer: Islamists. Plenty of people across the world are calling Egyptian's Muslim Brotherhood a humanitarian movement that is destined to bring democracy, freedom and liberty to Egypt Oh really? This is why Coptic Christians prefer a tyrant? Who do you suppose understands the dynamics of Egypt better, people who live there now or the BBC? Let us briefly look at t