Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, CDHR 1050 17 St. NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 558-5552; (202) 413-0084; Fax: (202) 536-5210 www.cdhr.info
The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (CDHR) condemns the vicious attacks on the law abiding Egyptian Christians (Copts) and all religious minorities in the Arab World. The estimated ten million Egyptian Christians are the true natives of Egypt. They were in that land long before Islam arrived, yet many of them have been murdered and their shrines and other properties are frequently destroyed for no reason other than their religious orientation.
The Copts were in the forefront in Maydan Al-Tahrir (Tahrir Square) alongside Egyptian Muslims protesting to rid Egypt of Mubarak’s oppressive regime which is being accused of instigating the current attacks on the Copts in the hope of creating a sectarian conflict to show that Egypt is worse off without him.
The US government, NGOs and media must stand by the Copts who happen to be the most democratic, tolerant and progressive people in Egypt and the rest of Arab World. Muslim people worldwide, especially Muslim communities and organizations in the West who cry wolf anytime anyone criticizes Islam or Muslims should speak up against the atrocities committed against non-Muslims in Arab and Muslim lands.