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  • Thursday ,30 May 2013
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Ousting the Brotherhood as national duty

Father Phelopatir Gamiel

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Thursday ,30 May 2013

Ousting the Brotherhood as national duty

Many Egyptians talk about the participation of father Sergius in the revolution of 1919. They mention proudly his historic speech in Al-Azhar mosque to unite the Egyptians against the British occupation, which manifested the vital role of the clergy to unite their people against injustice and occupation.

However, after about 100 years have passed, we can see that this vital role is vanishing, and the clergy are being expected to care only for spiritual stuff, and avoid getting involved in politics. This was caused by some clergy who misused their authorities in order to manipulate their people and to impose their political choices and candidates on them. However this was a big mistake, clergy have to play their vital role in serving as well as saving their country, or to claim the rights and fight injustice.

 
I, myself, have demonstrated against President Mohammed Morsy and the Muslim Brotherhood before the UN, only four month after he took office. Now, many people understand why I did so, as this international organization proved they are more dangerous for Egypt than any foreign occupation. Therefore, Muslim and Christian clergies have to play their role in both serving and saving their country. However, they should not use their spiritual authorities to achieve such goals.
 
As many Egyptians are calling for rebellion and demonstrations against the Muslim Brotherhood, the media of MB is trying to convence the people that the Coptic Christians and the Church are behind such calls, which is the same game played by Mubarak's regime. They only accused the Muslim Brotherhood instead of the Christians back then. As Mubarak's regime couldn't prevent the people from participating in January 25th revolution, the current regime will fail. 
 
I knew that the MB rule wouldn't last for long, as the Egyptian people would figure out their lies. In Egypt, we have replaced military tyranny with a religious one, which should be rejected by the moderate Egyptian people who would fight for their unity and for the blood of many martyrs including Sheikh Emad Effat and  Mina Daniel.