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• A couple of weeks ago, I attended a meeting with the FBI Citizens Academy. The speaker was a Christian Egyptian who had immigrated to the US in the early seventies. He has been married to a Catholic lady and thus converted to Catholicism when he married her. He was speaking about the events in Egypt and his opinion about what the future holds for Egypt. Needless to say, I agreed with very little. The most important topic that bothered me is when I asked him if he has ever read the Quran? He replied that he did. I asked him if he believed that the Quran was a peaceful book? His reply was that it depends on who is interpreting it and that some of it seems peaceful and some verses are interpreted wrong. He added that the same thing occurs in our Bible especially in the Old Testament, where one can also find violence and terrorism. For example: An 'eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,' along with other horrifying stories and verses. In addition, he added that when Jesus walked into the temple and flipped tables and ordered everyone out using harsh language, there was nothing peaceful about it!   When I heard him speak like this, it bothered me extremely and I wanted to start a very strong discussion with him because he was saying this in front of Americans that may not have known any better. When it is coming from a Christian Egyptian, it is hard to contest it or get into an argument in front of everyone. Also, I am not competent enough, especially in the Old Testament to start this kind of discussion. Please advise me on how to respond to such allegations about the Old Testament or even the New Testament, for that matter. I resent the fact that as a Coptic, who knows the facts about what is happening in Egypt, have to sit and submit to false information!