Religion & Law

God bless the many Muslims of Egypt who, true to their word, made themselves "human shields" to protect their Coptic Christian fellow citizens during their celebration of Christmas.  After the recent horrible murders of Christians in their nation, a large number of Egyptian Muslims vowed to protect the Copts from further violence. They did this by guarding Christian churches and even attending the Christmas services themselves. I hope that those of us who are Christians would do the same for our Muslim fellow citizens if the shoe were on the other foot.  I sometimes hear people ask:  Where are the moderate Muslims who should be taking the lead in opposing violent jihadists?  The truth is that there are Muslims here in the United States as well as abroad who have boldly spoken out against violence and extremism; but their courageous witness has received little attention. I hope that the American and international media will recognize the heroism of those Egyption Muslims who, at considerable risk to themselves, protected the Coptic minority.