But when you watch them, it is very apparent that it's not a criminal movement. It is a liberation movement. For four days now, people have stood against the government's police force and now the army.
| This image from The Hindu describes: A protester prays as anti-riot policemen look on in Cairo. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered at about six venues in Cairo and marched toward major squares and across Nile bridges, demanding President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. Photo: AP What would it take to put your own life on the line to stand against your own government? Can you imagine? How bad would it have to get for you and your neighbors and for how long? |  |
I heard about an incredible moment when a mass of protesters met a group of riot police. The protesters were throwing rocks, and the police were throwing them back. An unarmed older man walked up to the police and asked for a peace, asked for talking. The crowd quieted for a while and the people talked with the police. It was not for a long time, but it must be a group that is sincere in their desperation and their intention to not give in to the violence and attempt talking.
We haven't really heard much in the past couple of decades from Egypt -- or rather, it seems to have been eclipsed by the situations in Israel, Iraq, Iran and Syria. But Egypt has been a center of the Arab world -- in the arts, in film, in politics, and in Islam. Egypt in history was the cradle of life for the region and included one of the longest kingdoms in human existence.
It appears that this deeply cultured country is making another turn in its own history. May God be with those seeking justice and freedom.
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