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Open season?

“I’m very worried about what’s happening in Egypt, also Pakistan, Iran as well as Iraq,” Timmerman said. “When Hosni Mubarak, the president of Egypt, pulled back his ambassador on the 11th of January from the Vatican, this was a very dangerous symbol. He was essentially telling Muslim fanatics in Egypt that it was an open season on Christians.

“The pope had criticized the actions both of the Egyptian government in failing to restrain Muslims in Egypt and Muslim leaders themselves for failing to exercise control or influence over their faithful. So these attacks on Christians I’m afraid are going to multiply in Egypt unless the Egyptian government cracks down and makes it very, very clear that this is not tolerated behavior inside their country.”

- Timmerman: Egypt Gives Muslim Fanatics ‘Open Season’ on Christians, NewsMax.com, January 13, 2011.

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