EGYPT Encourages Muslims to KILL Christians

MURDER IS CONDONED

Back in February an Egyptian court acquitted most of those charged with massacring Christians in January of last year. Bishop Wissa of Balyana laments, “All the murderers were acquitted. That means Muslims are encouraged to kill Christians. They are being told ‘Go ahead. Kill Coptic Christians.’”

A court in the city of Sohag sentenced four Muslims to sentences between 1 and 10 years, while acquitting 92 others for the murder of 20 Christians and 1 Muslim in the nearby town of Kosheh. 38 of 58 Muslim defendents had faced the death penalty, the worst hostility in 20 years.

It is unbelievable that the murderers got off so lightly, given that the evidence was undeniable. “This verdict means that Christians cannot live in safety. It also means that there is no justice or law,” said the bishop. The bishop said that he “expected new massacres of Christians because this verdict means there is no justice or law.”

A year ago, Bishop Wissa accused government forces in Kosheh of either ignoring or authorizing Muslim attacks on Copts. He said that the Coptic community was still upset that no police were punished for torturing and abusing 1,000 Coptics in a murder investigation a couple of years before.

Bishop Bassanti of Helwan (Near Cairo) pleaded that the court reconsiders its decision so as to “preserve national unity” and to bring justice where a lenient outcome “makes light of human life.”

AFP News Service (Source)

Are the Coptic (not Catholic) bishops here asking for capital punishment?

What sort of verdict and sentencing would be just?

Why are so many radical Muslims seeking Christian blood?