No doubt that Mr. President Abdel Fattah Sisi feels the danger of religious extremism, and thus he talked a lot about the renewal of religious discourse in many occasions. Too few steps have been taken in that account, but his visits to the Cathedral to congratulate the Copts on their feasts was a good move to face calls to prohibit congratulating the Copts on their feasts spread for years.

The Salafi preacher Sheikh Mohamed Hassan mourned the Egyptian soldiers who martyred in Sinai assuring that blood of Muslims is Haram! He resorted to the Prophetic tradition that assures that blood, property and household of Muslims are haram. He prayed to God to accept the souls of our soldiers as martyrs and console their families and protect Egypt from evil. I ask Sheikh Hassan who always incite discrimination: is only the blood of the Muslims haram, and that of the Christians is ok to be shed! Come on! It’s clear that nobody can differentiate between the bloods that are shed on the ground. You can’t tell whether it belongs to a Muslim or Christian soldier! This blood belongs to the homeland that we are willing to sacrifice our souls to protect it.

Be careful if you’re willing to criticize ISIS since it became a crime in Minya where extremists sued four Coptic children under 15 in Beni Mazar village in Minya governorate in order to terrorize their families. The cause of action here is a 20 seconds video that was filmed as a joke after the slaughter of 21 Copts by ISIS in Libya.