Apropos of today's news from Egypt, and in a spirit of hope for a free and peaceful future, Anne Alexander of BBCNews reports on the beautiful sight of Egyptian Christians and Muslims joining hands, literally and figuratively, in protest against oppression.
During the big "Day of Departure" protest in Tahrir Square last Friday, Coptic Christian protesters made a human chain around their Muslim brothers and sisters as they performed the noon prayers.
Two days later… a crowd had gathered in front of a sound system by the Mogamma government building on the eastern side of the square.
A man in a jacket began to speak as chanting died away.
"He was someone from the church, a priest," someone in the crowd told me.
I was told: "We are all in this together. Muslims and Christians." Other people were listening and nodding. "One hand, one hand," the crowd roared.
This time they were not talking about the people and the army, as they had a few days earlier, but about Egyptian unity. Muslims and Christians: One hand.
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