Kirolos Andraws had every reason to be excited about the January uprising in his native Egypt, figuring democracy would bring hope for young people like him.
Then one day in February, says Mr. Andraws, a gang of thugs beat him and told him, “you deserve to die.” His offense, he says: refusing to convert to Islam.
In late March, Mr. Andraws, a 23-year- old engineer, used a tourist visa to board an Egyptair flight for New York City. He let a room in a friend’s apartment, hired an immigration lawyer and applied for asylum. He has survived mainly on wages and tips from jobs as a cook, cashier and delivery man.
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“Throughout the Middle East, “Democratization has resulted in ethnic cleansing,†Mr. Hetfield says bluntly”
The fruits of the Arab Spring are coming forth as predicted by those who have a realistic understanding of the true meaning of ‘Muslim tolerance’ which is simply the ‘dictatorship of the mob’ as directed by politically dominant clerics.
I hope we will find room for them in the inn.