{"id":3586,"date":"2011-02-28T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/02\/coptic-monasteries-under-attack-in-egypt.html"},"modified":"2011-02-28T12:17:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T12:17:00","slug":"coptic-monasteries-under-attack-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/02\/coptic-monasteries-under-attack-in-egypt.html","title":{"rendered":"Coptic Monasteries under attack in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

You wouldn\u2019t know it if your world view is shaped by the MSM.\u00a0 Terry Mattingly over at Get Religion asks if anyone has seen mainstream coverage of this<\/a>.\u00a0 I sure haven\u2019t.\u00a0 But then, it is early Monday morning.\u00a0 It\u2019s not like this is the Oscars or something.\u00a0 It\u2019s Christian monastic communities being attacked by Egyptian soldiers.\u00a0 Best part of Mattingly\u2019s article:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs always, however, it\u2019s crucial to remember that there is no one Islam in this scene\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fact is, there is never no one of anything in any scene, despite all attempts to suggest otherwise.\u00a0 Since 9\/11, we have tried, tried, and tried again to frame Islam into two groups: poor, starving terrorists who hate us because we made\u00a0them do it, and the rest of Islam that is about tolerance, love, peace, and John Lennon songs.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

It is a shame that it takes stories like this<\/a> to challenge that.\u00a0 The good news is that the MSM, never quick to allow an inconvenient fact get in the way of a good narrative, will probably not make to much of this or similar stories.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Fun note.\u00a0 Read the comment by reader Jerry.\u00a0\u00a0His beef?\u00a0 Mattingly chose to focus on this story, instead of the stories about Muslims lending a helping hand to their Christian neighbors.\u00a0 Tmatt\u2019s response makes it simple: We hear nothing other than how wonderful, tolerant, and welcoming Muslims are to their Christian neighbors.\u00a0 It\u2019s those cases where Muslims are kicking down doors, blowing up churches, and shooting nuns that don\u2019t get the press time.\u00a0 Now, if this were a Christian minister threatening to burn a Koran, then you can be the coverage would increase a hundredfold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You wouldn\u2019t know it if your world view is shaped by the MSM.\u00a0 Terry Mattingly over at Get Religion asks if anyone has seen mainstream coverage of this.\u00a0 I sure haven\u2019t.\u00a0 But then, it is early Monday morning.\u00a0 It\u2019s not like this is the Oscars or something.\u00a0 It\u2019s Christian monastic communities being attacked by Egyptian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nCoptic Monasteries under attack in Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You wouldn't know it if your world view is shaped by the MSM.  Terry Mattingly over at Get Religion asks if anyone has seen mainstream coverage of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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