Last week I wrote an article entitled Copts between martyrdom and citizenship after the terrorist attack on St. Peter Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo, in which 27 Copts were killed and dozens were severely injured. Today, I decided to write another article entitled “Copts between hatred and citizenship” after an Islamic preacher called Shiekh Mahmoud Lotfy announced that hatred is an Islamic mandatory, especially against Copts and other infidels. He explained that Muslims should hate non-Muslims and their rituals.
The statement comes few days after the terrorist attack that targeted a Coptic church, while celebrating the Holy Mass, killing mostly women and children, as if it comes to give strong excuse to the terrorist and encourage others to follow his lead. This should lead Copts to ask questions about equal citizenship in their homeland with many Islamic preachers repeating the same words and inciting hatred against what they consider Christian minority in an Islamic country.
With all other economic and security challenges that face Egypt and the Middle East, similar people appear to incite hatred and division among Muslims and Christians. I believe they should have rather taught the people about the importance of honesty, peaceful coexistence, hard working and many other concepts that Egypt is in dire need for.
The law has to react to those people as soon as possible in order to save Egypt united. As for the Copts, they should never stop claiming their rights in an equal citizenship. On the other hand, Copts should face hatred with love as Jesus Christ ordered them, and should seek equal citizenship for their love for their country.
