At first glance you would guess that this is some sort of mass/prayer. And you'd be right... almost.
In Alexandria, Egypt, on New Year's Eve, a Coptic Christian Church was attacked by a suicide bomber.
On Christmas (which for many sects outside of Catholic/Protestant occurs after New Year's), there was no attack. Instead, Egyptian Muslims showed up to the Christmas masses and candlelight vigils across the country by the thousands, their presence serving as a human shield to further Islamic extremist attack.
"We either live together, or we die together." This was a slogan coined by Mohamed El-Sawy, a Muslim arts tycoon credited with birthing the idea of the act of Egyptian solidarity.
What we have in this picture are muslims praying at a protest in Egypt. Surrounding them are Christans, hands linked, returning the favor.
This is literally the most inspiring thing I have seen in a while. Art is cool and everything, but I'm all about the coexistince of the human race, and events as of late have really increased Muslim/Christian tensions and it sucks. I worry sometimes, being that there's no arguing, reasoning, or convincing, of a religious extremist, and as anyone in the United States can see, THESE are the people who represent the majority in the media. So glad to see an image like this one. This should be all over fucking CNN, MSN, and FOX.
Well, it might be. I wouldn't know.
via boingboing
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