Originally Published in The Santa Clarita Valley Signal
The insane and cold-blooded attack murdering 21 innocent Christians at a church in Alexandria, Egypt is a horrific beginning to 2011. As an American Muslim, this attack is completely nonsensical, in addition to being utterly disgusting and sickening. The Quran: specifically sanctions Muslims to protect churches, not to blow them up (22:40-41). The Quran tells Muslims that pious Christians are amongst the inmates of paradise (2:63, 5:70).
It is heartbreaking that the Egyptian St. Catherine Monastery houses a facsimile of the prophet Muhammad’s letter mandating full protection for Christians until the end of time, and now so-called Muslims are attacking Egyptian churches.
As a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I wholly condemn this heinous attack. My condolences are with the victims’ families, and my sincere prayers are with the souls of the departed.
