Father Botros Botros Bastawrous, deputy of Kafr El-Sheikh diocese, said in a public conference in support of al-Sisi in the governorate of Kafr El-Sheikh that we have to respect the Divine Will for al-Sisi s re-election. For a long time, people in Egypt tended to mix religion with politics leading both to a catastrophic situation. Many clergy and other people trading on religion have used it to achieve their own benefits by supporting the regime. Moreover, politicians have been using clergy to support their regimes using their effective methods on the simple people.
However, after the Muslim Brotherhood had taken power in Egypt, people hated such mix between religion and politics, and demonstrated against the autocratic regime of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was accompanied by a large wave of atheism, which was estimated in 2013 that up to 3 million (3.57%) Egyptians were atheists.
The revolution of June 30 was thought by many people to be the end of autocratic regime in Egypt, but only 5 years later Islamic and Christian clergy started to use religion again to support regime in a rude fashion which may should have negative effect on the situation.
I wonder how did Father Bastawrous knew that re-electing al-Sisi is the Divine Will, and I also hope the revered father can tell us the Divine Will concerning the next round as well!
