And German leaders are calling on moderate Muslims to stand up against the jihadists. How many hundreds of such calls have we seen here over the years? When are people going to get a clue that they are waiting for something that is never going to happen?
“German Coptics fear Islamist attacks,” from The Local, January 3 (thanks to Twostellas):
German politicians of all stripes have called for a tougher line against religious intolerance after 21 Coptic Christians were murdered in Egypt, while Copts in Germany warned on Monday they also feared violent attacks.
Bishop Anba Damian, head of the Coptic Church in Germany, told Bild am Sonntag newspaper that he had asked the government for special protection out of fear his church’s followers would be targeted.
“Before Christmas, the internet was full of threats against us,” he said. “The police have warned us several times of the danger of attacks by radical Muslims. I have therefore written to the Interior Ministry and asked for protection.”…
Deputy chairwoman of the conservative Christian Democratic Union and Education Minister Annette Schavan called on the Egyptian government to more clearly distance itself from such religious attacks.
“Muslim authorities in Cairo and elsewhere must take an unambiguous position against all forms of violence in the name of religion,” she told daily Hamburger Abendblatt. “They must make clear that they reject violence against other religions.”
Yeah, watch for that.
Greens parliamentary leader Volker Beck told the Frankfurter Rundschau that Egypt and other states such as Nigeria that had recently experienced religious attacks had to act more firmly to stamp out such violence.
“A condemnation of such attacks is not enough,” Beck said. “Egypt and other states must firmly confront the demon of religious intolerance.”…
Yeah, watch for that.
“The West, out of foreign policy considerations, systematically looks the other way,” Beck said….
Hans-Peter Uhl, foreign and security spokesman for the Christian Social Union – the CDU’s Bavarian sister party – warned violence by Islamic extremists could spill over into Germany. He called on moderate Muslims to clearly distance themselves from such violence.
Yeah, watch for that.