First, I would like to start this off by saying:

All Yerham Mr. Al-Shereef, and I hope that Inshaa Allah, God will take care of his family and of those who are mourning his death- almost all of us here.

Mr. Al-Shereef's death has caused many feelings, thoughts, and emotions to alter in these past couple of days.

This is mainly because as mentioned above, his murder hasn't received enough attention by either the news, or most importantly by THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT! (The government actually has an excuse for it not to be blamed for his death!!!)

Yeah, Mr. Mubarak- Egypt's President, doesn't care about Mr. Al-Shereef or any others like him- mainly because he can replace him or others like him quite easily. HE SIMPLY DOES NOT CARE! This really just proves even more the suspicion that many, including myself, have of him regarding his position as executive.

Miraculously, what happened to Mr. Al-Shereef just proves even more that the, OH SO GREAT president mubarak is not in office at all for the people, but only for his own personal gain. Instead of being in office to help the economy, people, etc, he's there for the 10 % 3emoola he's getting from all the foreign aid given to Egypt by the United States.

It's sad to see that America and every other country out there is concerned about its citizens being held hostage, let alone their embassadors, while Egypt's president plainly, DOES NOT GIVE A CR@P about either, his citizens or embassadors!

WHAT A SHAME!!!

I know morsy, I think I came off a bit harsh...I apologize. But you are right, by the way things are going, it doesnt look like it will change any time soon.

my question was rather rhetorical! i know i have to be patient and that i must portray a clear vision of Islam to those who inquire. We do very little in being proactive and to mitigate the escalation of extremist activities among our own people. Yes, I can practice patience and explain to people how this is not Islam, but honestly I don?t see an end to this type of behavior any time soon given our efforts towards this issue. Besides the fear of everyone denouncing me, I wouldn?t have felt so bad about voting for Bush last year. After all, he?s doing Islam a favor ridding us of the bad apples. God knows best!.

I completley agree with you Mohammed, we cant sit back and always blame others for our problems...As muslims this is our responsability...it is also our responsability to give people the true face of Islam...not the one being broadcasted on t.v. day and night!! So our daily behaviors are not only for us to see but for the world. We are representatives of our deen!!
So Morsy, if someone asks you a question, not matter how ignorant it might sound, all you can do is reply with patience and knowledge and inform them of the truth!!

missmimi, I would at least hope that the egyptian media would cover it, and give him the respect he deserves. Unfortunately I have no access to it, so I am just talking about the american media, and other western media who have almost nearly brushed off the story.

Hi Mohamed,

Ihab El Sherif, Allah yerhamo is getting ALOT of coverage here in Egypt- and news of his death is on BBC, Jazeera.....and they raised it to the Security Council. Almost of 1/3 of Al Ahram is about him today. In addition, the Ministry has cut down it's staff in Iraq. What is the sort of coverage you think would be appropriate? Sheikh El Azhar and Baba Shenouda have both commented too.

MissMimi

Moose- izzayak? If I remember correctly, the Egyptian last year was a civil worker, this guy was a diplomat (not that it makes the killing any better)...

I think with regards to the events looking at it from a media perspective- obviously the London story involves more people, its more of a random nature (so it does capture the "fear factor")... with the Egyptian diplomat, or the Bahraini one- while certainly its not a good thing... we've become used to someone being kidnapped- some kind of threat to kill him/her... then they're either killed or released. Unfortunately these Muslims doing this have made it ruitine.

I don't understand why they could not give him proper security or even negotiate with them. They gave back the other egyption they kidnapped a year ago.

Allahy yerhamuu, in addition, a Bahraini diplomat was also shot, its truly sad, its not simply a case of humans killing humans, but brothers killing brothers... *: ......

You have to remember...one thing re-elected Bush...its wasn't his diplomacy skills, it wasn't his charm saavy, it wasn't his international knowledge....it was fear....people , re-elected this man, on the basis of their fear, and honestly, they have the right to live in fear, who is going to get on a subway and not think twice now in london, and what girl wearing the scarf is going not going to think on wether or not she is going to be harassed today or men who have beards...it is our duty as muslims, to show them another side, so when they ask you these questions, Morsy, forget about Bush, think of your people and ummah first, and think of what kind of dawah you can give them...and end the cycle of fear.

iraqbodycount.net/database www.iraqbodycount.net).. He's just another arab that died in the war on terror.. that's how the media is perceiving the situation. with possibly 25814 deaths reported; arabs dying are simply stats and nothing more :( unlike Japanese or Italian journalists.

Himalaya I saw it there too, but do you remember the amount of publicity the other people got....

Morsy- I think with stuff like that, while yes its annoying when people ask dumb questions like "how do you feel"... of course we're pissed off and upset... but you've gotta be patient and show them that we're also upset over the situation. Unfortunately while Bush's decisions have resulted in negative things in Muslim countries- Muslims are also doing bad things to people in their own countries. While I dont like Bush- we can't blame him for all our problems. When are Muslims gonna stand up and take their faith back from these nutcases? This isnt Islam.

sitting at my desk today, i had 2 people walk up to me and question me about how i feel about the whole UK thing. and quite frankly i'm sick of it, how am i suppose to explain such activities? how am I supose to disagree w/ Bush and what he's doing to the muslim countries? it's truly sad.. Allah yar7im Dr. alsherif and others :(.

actually I saw it on CNN.com and on several other news outlets. not cool at all. Allah yirham gamee3an.

isnt that sad Mohamed...allah yer7amo