I said in a previous article that powerful intelligence agencies were behind the incidents of al-Darb al-Ahmar aiming to incite sedition between police and the people. Yet, they failed to achieve such evil plan and the people are more united than ever. Police failed to achieve criminal security with pretext that they are preoccupied with national security or fighting the terrorist groups. However, this pretext can’t be true since achieving criminal security should ease the job of fighting terrorism.
A side of President’s trip to Japan, Korea and the rest of the countries he visited, as a personal overview while he visited the schools and I saw little Japanese boys and girls at schools I would say in full confidence those kids, Japanese or German, Egyptian or Lebanese they are all God's Angels on Earth! So beautiful welcome of those kids to the Egyptian President with Egyptian Flags! Who would say those kids are Japanese or any other nationality, they all were very organised obedient and so beautiful God bless them!
The last decree to prison 4 Coptic for 5 years gives very bad indication about Egypt and the freedom of expression inside Egypt. This sentence is not the first precedence to prison people because of their opinion and their thoughts. This let me ask the regime that question; do you want to turn Egypt to be a big prison for everyone? Before the 4 Coptic, the court prisoned also Islam Behary for 3 years, Fatma Naout and The writer Ahmad Nagy because of his novel “The usage of life” and although I might have some concerns and remarks on his novel, however, I can’t believe that the regime can prison him instead of discussing his work and shows what’s good and what’s bad in it.
No doubt that we are in bad need to spreading tolerance in our society. We sometimes can’t see one another because of intolerance. Thomas Hobbes said the perfect state is based on mind with a social contract. In the sixteen century, Catholics and atheists were not subject to tolerance in certain countries since they were considered dangerous to the regime. At that time, people decided that church’s authorities should stay at the church. Politics and religion don’t mix! The religious discourse has to be renewed since clergy insist on presenting the same content at the same methods. They expect their attendees to accept that even if they don’t understand their language.
I was so sad to hear about the crisis of Minya children who were sentenced to five years in prison on charges of contempt of Islam. However, it showed that the state institutions know that Christian children are born men! Egypt sees them more adult than other intellectuals like Islam Behairy and Fatima Naaot since the children were sentenced to more years in prison than those intellectuals! The judge must find such ruling fair according the constitutional and law. Moreover, Christian girls are treated the same way before the same institutions since they are allowed to convert to Islam at any age considering them children no more!
An Egyptian court sentenced four children to five years in prison, which was denounced by several Egyptian activists and clergy and public figures. Those children had promising future and were supposed to build their country, but now they are suffering in prison along with their teacher who filmed the video 40 seconds video clip using his mobile phone in which they criticize the heinous crime of ISIS’ slighter of 21 Copts in Libya. What did those minors do to deserve such extreme punishment? They only reacted to a bloody crime against Copts that was filmed in a video that was spreader all over the world. The president ordered airstrikes against ISIS positions in Libya after their crime against the Egyptians.
Days ago, an Egyptian court sentenced a group of Egyptian Christian children in Minya to five years because of a 40 seconds video clip in which they imitate the slaughter of 21 Copts in Libya by ISIS. This means that they will be imprisoned 45 days for each second. I said in a previous article that the contempt of religion law has become a sword hanging over the necks of the Copts. A mistaken “like” or “share” on Facebook may send you to prison in no time. Copts in general refuse insulting Islam or any religion by all means. However, this law can only see defamation of Islam and ignore all defamation of Christianity.
Put it in Arabic -الدرب الاحمر- or El-Darb El-ahmar = Red Alley this was a popular neighbourhood were many Egyptians lived upon ex president R.I.P. Sadat newly empowered presidency events started and a sectarian violence spread from there in a speech Sadat said the reason was “Laundry of a Christian Priest was leaking on the laundry of a Muslim Priest who got upset and violence spread1” we note that:- 1. The fault started from a Christian 2. If it was reversed it started from a Muslim knowing Christian principals call to forgiveness this would had never become a sectarian violence!
Once the member of the parliament Tawfik Okasha hosted the ambassador of Israel in his house and all the media and politician criticized him like crazy. Even more there are some voices calling to eliminate him from the parliament. What a Hypocrite society! All media and politician were trying to convince themselves and deceive us by saying that we are boycotting Israel and we are not allowed to have any cooperation with Israel.
What has happened recently by some policemen in Egypt including sexually harassing a girl who was going out of a church, beating doctors at a hospital and killing a taxi driver for dispute over fare, can’t be attributed to a conspiracy of the Muslim Brotherhood or increasing arrogance of policemen! In fact, Egyptian policemen forgot everything about dignity of Egyptian citizens 40 years ago. They got used to hit the people inside police stations and even arrest innocent relatives of people wanted by police.
The beloved homeland has been facing several conspiracies by people who trade on the nation. Enemies of the nation panned to destroy the Egyptian state and divide it. Yet, such scheme was foiled by the revolution of June 30. Those traitors and the conspirators decided to reapply the scenario of January 25 by spreading a set of rumors about the failures of the government, the repression of policemen, and the gloomy future in Egypt. They didn’t realize that Egypt now is different from before. Therefore, the president called the people in his speech before the parliament to remember that we foiled several conspiracies and we’re facing more right now.
An Orthodox priest who doesn’t belong to the Coptic Church came to visit me. I discussed with him the crisis of not praying on dead couple in Minya since they are not Orthodox. Many people accused the Coptic church of being merciless. The old priest knew nothing about the debate. I asked him: “what will you do if somebody among your congregation dies after he left your church and joined another one. Then, his family asks you to pray in his funeral, would you? He said that he would pray for him at the funeral home or in his house, but not in my church. He added that he doesn’t condemn that person or claim he is going to hell or heaven, but it’s not fair to pray for him using prayers that he didn’t believe in during his life. This is how the church deals with those who refused her faith.
Police will always remain faithful and loyal, while the people are the sinners, criminals and traitors that don’t deserve protection of the police. This is how media always talk when it comes to comparison between police and the people. Police defend the people and the nation while the people are the one who gives up his dignity and even threatens the nation. Policemen are said in media to sacrifice their souls for the sake of the nation, while the people have never offered similar sacrifice for the nation.
In last week’s article Recalculation is a Must I pointed out conspiracies and stand by plan B and C up to Z if not going over to A1, B1... I pointed out that Mosad, CIA and MI6 joined forces to create that Islamic State to bring down that Soviet Union Empire that was a real threat to USA plans specially when they did try to invade Pakistan that was the starting point of the Saudi Arabia expelled prince Osama Bin Laden, that went to Pakistan in a so called warrior for freedom of Pakistan!
I remember I wrote an article one month ago about the violation that interior ministry does lately and that should stop by any way. I have mentioned that Sisi should play an important role in amending the interior ministry behaviour otherwise it means that he didn’t learn the lesson from the previous presidents. When a single behaviour repeated many times, it means we in front of a phenomenon that could cause a big problem not only to the regime but also for the whole society. The interior ministry which is supposed to be responsible for the security and let people feel safe become doing the opposite actions.
Egypt has always been under the control of a superpower. Muhammad Ali in the early nineteenth century admired the western civilization and decided to make Cairo like France. Khedive Ismail even named her France of the East. His successors followed this rule for a while until Egypt was occupied by Britain and became an English colony. Egypt embraced the European culture until the military coup on July 23, 1952. Abdel Nasser had intense hostility to the West and decided to put an end to such relation.
The third Gulf War became at hand, which reminds us of the second Gulf War and the end of Sadam Hussein. Such end that destroyed Iraq and divided its people and turned it to pastureland for the terrorists and led the Americans to occupy the gulf countries and its treasures. Kings of Wahhabism enslaved their people for years and imposed the Wahhabi identity on them. They used the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice gangs to ensure the loyalty of their people. They thought they will be able to buy the people.
God wants us to worship him with the spirit rather than words. Marriage in Christianity is based on unity among God, man and wife. However, committing adulatory may break such bond of marriage. Spiritual adulatory is considered by the church another reason to permit divorce which is converting to another religion. Other reasons to permit divorce are cheating and impotence. Jesus Christ, head of the church, put laws of love and mercy and gave the church the authority to follow that spirit. Prohibition of divorce may protect families and children from dispersion. Yet, divorce is a must in many cases like a spouse is drug addict or perverted and sexually harasses his daughters!
Egypt has always been under the control of a superpower. Muhammad Ali in the early nineteenth century admired the western civilization and decided to make Cairo like France. Khedive Ismail even named Cairo "France of the East". His successors followed this rule for a while until Egypt was occupied by Britain and became an English colony.
I promised last week to Explain why President miscalculated since when Egypt was targeted well he was too young to see and realize beyond the 6th. October 1973 events or even just like me then we all -Egyptians- saw in R.I.P. Nasser the Father of the nation (well that is what we were taught at schools then)! We all were too young to be able to see and analyse facts:- Here are the facts... 1. R.I.P Nasser was a student of Hassan El Bana 2. He and R.I.P Sadat were both members of the Muslim Brotherhood before being members of the Free Army Officers who mounted the revolution of 23rd.July 1952.
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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.