Every week I write and I read many articles and I can say that 99 percent of the article I write and I read is about politics and the Economic and political problems around the world. I remember that from 2006 until 2009 I Was writing a weekly column under the title of “ Kalam Fel hob”, I can’t deny that writing this column let me discover another area in my life and in the stories that I can write in, however, I stopped this column after a huge drama happened at that time.
Once upon a time a wife called a doctor to come over and save her husband who was dying. When the doctor arrived, the husband was already dead. The doctor asked: Did he sweat before he died? The wife nodded. “Excellent. This is how it should be” the doctor happily said! This is a joke that shows that some people may care about the rules more than humans. I remembered this story after reading many articles that welcomed and hailed the victory of "democracy" with Erdogan's return to power and the failure of coup in Turkey.
Assassination attempt of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi during his participation in the Arab summit in Nouakchott conference was not the first one. There were several previous attempts after the overthrown of Mohamed Morsy and the Muslim Brotherhood. A car was bombed and prepared to be detonated remotely by a mobile phone, but the guards discovered the plan and nullified it. Moreover, it was repeated couple of weeks later.
The Copts in Egypt expected a better situation after the revolution of June 30. However, they are still suffering to build new churches and there are several positions that they are can’t take including governors, heads of universities, intelligence officers. Moreover, the government failed to protect the Copts in many sectarian attacks. Such attacks apparently aim to spread chaos in Egypt and make the Copts stay away from supporting the president. However, I disagree with calls to demonstrate against the president Abdul Fatth al-Sisi in front of the White House. Those few numbers who call for such demonstrations should realize that America doesn’t care for Copts in Egypt since it has supported the Muslim Brotherhood and is only working for its interests.
By this title I renounce the conspirators against the homeland who exaggerate the persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt before the international community. For example, Magdy Khalil, Coptic activist living in America, called to demonstrate in America before the White House to denounce the violations against Copts in Egypt after several sectarian attacks in Minya. He is trying to ask a sectarian country to help people suffering from sectarian discrimination. It is quite clear that neither Washington nor the White House has the right to interfere in such Egyptian matter since they are Egyptian villages, not US states. Those Copts have a reliable president living in Cairo, not Washington!
Was it a military coup or a Comedy for more dictatorship what happen in Turkey last Friday 15th July 2016? The fact is that Erdoğan was somewhere in Turkey far away from Estambul or Istanbul -in Turkish speaking language- and when the news spread about a military coup he -Erdoğan- freaked out and flown away from Turkey, tried to seek political asylum as a refuge in Germany but denied landing, contacted Britain and still did not get an answer but he was saved by Obama when allowed landing in the military in Turkey that was authorised by Erdoğan few years ago to be used to fight Daesh in Syria! Here I'm not judging what was true or lies I'm just recollecting what was said in the news with one unique comment that within 20-30 minutes I did conclude this military coup will fail if not already failed! But I kept following the news expecting a confirmation this military coup failed!
Every day now I read news about Sectarian events in Egypt especially in Mynia governorate. Coptic Christian haven killed, striped and exiled without any attention from any responsible person in Egypt. President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi just talked about this matter without taking any actions not just to introduce people in charge to the court but also to stop these events in the future.
We have many lawsuits filed before Egyptian courts, but we don’t know if judiciary will do justice to the oppressed. Therefore, I decided to write my supplications before God that he may do justice to us. Earning one’s living became one of the most important issues of concern to every citizen in need. Earning their living became harder and feeding the starving children became a dilemma. The Egyptians demonstrated against corruption to bring another one that is bigger. Terrorism joined corruption and destroyed lives of more and more people. Therefore, we offer our Supplications before God that He may do justice to us and put an end to poverty, corruption and terrorism.
It’s amazing that Pope Tawadros issued a statement to denounce the recent terrorist attack at France. Yet, he has issued no statement to denounce that sectarian attack against Copts in Minya under the auspices of police. It’s even more amazing that he attended the graduation ceremony at Police academy.
Since Islam arrived to Egypt, successive regimes have been trying follow the Pact of Umar 1300 years ago as well as the Hamayouni Decree set by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid I. However those documents contradict with Human Rights and the charters and resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, the modern governments insist to follow them more than constitution and law. In fact, they give the fanatics a license to attack the Copts under the auspices of police and teachings of Islamic scholars. The Egyptian Constitution is full of bugs that were added over the years including the articles added by President Sadat who declared that he was a Muslim President of a Muslim country. He announced in 1965 that he will eliminate Christians out of Egypt in ten years. However he couldn’t fulfill such promise, he gave another license to the fanatics to attack Christians.
On June 29, 2015, the funeral of the martyr Attorney General Hisham Barakat was held in the presence of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and many judges. The martyr was assassinated by the Muslim Brotherhood by exploding his car. In the funeral, the president promised to hold speed trials in terrorist cases. Furthermore, the president promised to carry out rules of life imprisonment and death penalties. However, it looks like the president has forgotten about his promise.
Another day another issue, well it was, it was until the Pastille Day (French Revolution Anniversary) turned to become a massacre day in the beautiful French NICE over 70 human being killed not to talk of the seriously blessed ones among the hundred blessed, TERRORISM Found again and again its way on the French grounds like if it has become his way to terrorise Europe! As a human being I can not close my eyes on the loss of innocent lives their only mistake was celebrating a national occasion!
I want to introduce my condolence and my sympathy to the French people after the horrible terrorist attack happened on Thursday. Yesterday I followed the news of the truck that killed over 84 innocent people and injured over 100 persons. It was horrible attack with all meaning. I was watching the innocent people running everywhere and trying to escape from that insane person who was driving the truck and was trying to kill as much as he can.
Egyptian Christians were not at their best before January 2011 revolution. They only had second degree citizenship. The Mubarak regime tried to change such feeling in vain. The Western countries headed by America are trying to pressure on other countries in case they need it. The Copts are not appointed as head of public universities though many of them deserve such position. Furthermore, police allow fanatics to attack them. Many people tried to invest such cases abroad; however, the majority of Christens in Egypt refuse such interference. In fact, Mubarak regime could have fixed many problems with few decisions and actions. Yet, it decided not to, which made the Coptic Christians think this regime was responsible for the implementation of the bombing at the Saints Church in Alexandria. It was such a strange accusation that was denied later and proven to be not true.
Since man began to classify other people based on their color and religions, people lost their humanity and were infected by the virus of racism. The recent racist accident in America proves that media is trying to make news in order to stay powerful. In fact, the main accused of being racist is the black people and not the white people. Black people in America still accuse the white people of hindering their progress. I discovered that they are more racist than the white people who became a minority in their homeland.
The Salafi Nour Party depends on two wings in Egypt. Sheikh Borhami who represents the extremist party and calls to demolish all churches in Egypt since they can’t stay in an Islamic country. The other party represented by Nader Bakkar is the moderate one. Bakkar who was educated in Harvard calls for dialogue and being nice for all people including the infidels. The two wings are supported by the Wahhabism and national security police. It is also supported by millions of Egyptians estimated at 30 million.
After each act of terror, we see President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi calling for a renewal of religious discourse. This happened several times in the past couple of years, but we did not hear that his call was appreciated by the sheikhs to whom he was directing his speech. This happened as well after the terrorist attack in Turkey and caused the deaths of more than 40 and wounded nearly 100 at the gate of Ataturk International Air Port. This time, an Islamic state was targeted proving that terror doesn’t differentiate between religions. This time, the president repeated his call (or begging) before the same audience who disappointed him in former speeches. He also tried to convince them by saying that Islamic countries are suffering from retardation and should seek to get rid of the reason behind that. He told them that about 60,000 hadith were deleted for being incorrect. This should lead to the examination of other religious texts that encourage terrorism and there is no justification for their existence.
Finally Ramadan is over and “Eid Mubarak” is meant a blessed feast but I do not mind is some of you think I mean “Hasny Mubarak feast” may be his birthday or the day he become president or what so ever! Any way I'm glad for the feast like all Egyptians it is a national occasion to celebrate, though lots of sets back where in the course of this 3 days feast but the worst of all was the 30 days excess generousness non stop adds within the endless Ramadan Soaps! Just 3 soaps one after the other I've seen then in 6 hours being repeated 3 times including the adds, the length of any episode would not exceed 30 min that is watching time equals 150 minutes add to them as much ads time that is within 3 whole hours starting at 11 pm by 2am I'm done, hell no way the episode started delayed 25 minutes that is adds over time they were more than 30 minutes adding 5 more minutes here and 10 there would end up to more than 25 minutes delay the soaps I was supposed to see them until 2am would not be done by the end of Ramadan before 4.30 am! Great business for advertisers and the TV
While the world is going insane everywhere, many people lose their jobs because of different reasons. One of these reasons could be because your Manager doesn’t like you, could be because the owner wants to decrease the expenses. Many and many reasons could be used as a reason to layoff the people from their work.
June 30, 2013, was such a wonderful day in Egypt when millions of the Egyptian people demonstrated against the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood, the group that fooled the naïve people in the name of religion and infiltrated their minds for years in order to be able to rule Egypt. The demonstration started by agreement among parties, political forces and national movements supported by Media. Then, a wonderful revolt youth movement emerged and was supported by millions of Egyptians who also participated in the revolution of June 30. I remember that day when Muslims and Christians, young and elderly, men and women, left-wing and right-wing, poor and rich, disabled and sound people demonstrated full of hope in a better future. They were not divided like they are today since they were only seeking truth, freedom and dignity.
Several Copts have been killed in Egypt since the commemoration of June 30 revolution. They are killed and their houses are burned and looted. In Karm village, an old Coptic lady was stripped off in the streets. Then, a group of Copts were attacked in Beni Suef and forced displaced supported by customary reconciliation sessions. Later, ISIS claimed responsibility of killing the priest of St. George Church in Arish. Moreover, a nun was killed yesterday in her way to the monastery. Sister Athanasia was killed and other nuns as well as the driver were severely injured. The killer was hiding his face and wearing a white garment. He was shouting Allah Akbar while he was killing the nun!
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Archdeacon Habib Girgis is a well known name in the Coptic Orthodox Church for his great influence and he led educational renaissance in the Coptic Orthodox Church and worked hard for the ministry.