Arab Debate Pits Islamists Against Themselves. Muslim and Christian, Egyptians stand together against violence. Egypt's Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as "human shields" Muslims turned up in droves for the Coptic Christmas mass Thursday night, offering their bodies, and lives, as “shields” to Egypt’s threatened Christian community by: Yasmine El-Rashidi Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night.
What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims showed up at Coptic Christmas eve mass services in churches around the country and at candle light vigils held outside. El Général and the Rap Anthem of the Mideast Revolution.