One day before the holy month of Ramadan started, I wrote that Coptic Christians love this month and share the celebration of this month with Muslims considering it more cultural tradition than a religious one. Yet, the terrorist attack in Minya hours after publishing the article decided to change that.
Those terrorists decided to kill 29 innocent people including children who were going to visit St. Samuel monastery that Christians should remember they are the favorite prey of the terrorist groups that kill in the name of Islam. Moreover, it decided to ruin the celebrations of that holy month, just like it did couple of years ago when they killed Egyptian soldiers in Rafah while they were eating their breakfast.
Dr. Mohai Eldin Afifi, Secretary General of the Islamic Research Academy, told the victims of the attack that we are all a scapegoat for our home country. However, I see many scapegoats among the Copts, police and army, not among the Islamic scholars who are supposed to teach tolerance and love to the people because this is the core of religion as they always claim.
Again: Copts and Muslims should realize that they worship one God even though they have different ways. Having such faith in God should be a reason for spreading love and tolerance, not hatred and murder and bloodshed. Happy return of Ramadan my dear friends and long live Egypt.
