A year ago we brought you news from Egypt – before the Arab Spring got underway. On New Year’s Eve a church in Alexandria had been bombed by Islamic extremists. Twenty-five people had been killed, and the year started with great fear for Egypts Copts. But a campaign started that received little coverage here in the UK. The Egyptian entrepreneur Mohamed El Sawy called on fellow Muslims to act as protecting shields outside churches as Mass was celebrated. A journalist backed the …
