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!
I would like to congratulate the president on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr and to express my admiration to his wisdom and achievements that stems from his pure Egyptian character. Mr. President, I know that you have already many problems in your office that you face with much patience and many achievements. However, you should worry when you find the Egyptians divided. In fact, the Egyptians face many conspiracies, but they fail as they face the brave Egyptian police and armed forces. Yet, the most effective weapon that enemies of the nation have is the sectarian strife.
In November 27, 1967, the French President "Charles de Gaulle" delivered a speech in the Elysee Palace. In his speech, De Gaulle described the relationship between Britain and the rest of the European countries by saying that Britain has a deep-rooted hatred to the European entities. This should explain the result of the recent referendum in Britain. The British people decided to withdraw from the European Union and lose many economic benefits of the EU. They took the decision despite the tremendous diplomatic and international pressure on the British people before the referendum. Obama and Angela Merkel tried to prevent that, but in vain.
We all know GMT or Greenwich Mean Time! GMT is not observed in any location this year. Locations that used to be on GMT for part or all of the year are now on CEST instead. Europe: Only some locations are currently on GMT because most places in this time zone are currently on summer time / daylight saving time and are observing IST or BST. Well again and again what is CEST oh yes it is the abbreviation of Central Europe Summer Time! Hey, what is this Summer Time now? A simple search on the Internet said the following:-
Every day while I read or follow the news, I read about violence against Coptic everywhere in Egypt. This violence let me ask this question: Did President Sisi failed to obtain Justice to Egyptian and especially Coptic? Justice is a deep meaning to stability, because if people didn’t feel Justice, the country will not live in peace and peace is the core point for safe society. You can’t obtain justice in any place without execute the law and let it apply on all people without any discrimination or without being biased.
In the past, the family house in Egypt was a big house that consists of several apartments for the grandfather and the sons. The big family had social links and love. The leader of the family used to solve problems of the families within the family house. Now, Muslim and Christian clergy started a project under the supervision of the state and under the auspices of the church and Al-Azhar. This came after they supported the resolution of June 30 aiming to achieve equality and social justice. In fact, I was so happy to find Christens and Muslim fasting together on July 26, 2013 at my initiation.
Jesus Christ said to His disciples “I am sending you like lambs among wolves†in order to show them that the way won’t be easy. However, He promised them that enduring such hardships will lead them to the Kingdom of heaven. Therefore, all of his disciples and followers should evangelize His love and teachings. Father John Nassif, priest of St. Mary Church in Chicago said in his article "lambs among wolves," that God promised to protect us from the wolves. However, children of God should take heed unless they face the danger of those wolves. Jesus Christ also warned against the wolves who claim to be lambs. Thus, he calls his lambs to be wise enough to differentiate between true and fake lambs.
I know it is a scary title to choose, since wars are scary in general. However, not all wars are too bad since some wars are waged against corruption that spread in our life and daily works. In fact, we hope that such war is increasing more and more. The news said that a silo manager was arrested for seizing four million pounds during operations of the receipt of wheat. Regulators have arrested several corrupted people in that regime, which means it is full of corruption. Therefore, I hope they continue that the country may get rid of their corruption.
There are many sectarian attacks against the Copts, but the state is not able to protect them and solve the problem. In fact, every body works to provide palliative treatment and not an actual treatment for this cancer. The solution should be from the very beginning since prevention is better than cure. We really need a cure against hatred and intolerance. Moreover, we need to support belonging to the nation and acceptance of others. This will only be achieved through genuine political will by the government and the presidency.
Last week I redefined the word “Army†and demonstrated how the definition goes back to the word ARM your primary elementary means of defence you were born with! And to those who try to break apart your trust and confidence to your Egyptian Army are trying to cut off the country's Arm to be defenceless! Obviously you defend your country from exterior attacks in other terms Invaders but is this all the danger an Egyptian citizen exposed to? Well thanks to Ramadan and its generosity with soaps mainly Mohamed Ramadan soap this guy inspiring youth the meaning of being a man leading inspiration for youth under construction! 90% of the soaps TV broadcasts involves POLICE for the next 30 days starting from June 6th 2016! But why Police? This is an old old story starts with the 23rd. July Revolution!
Copts in Egypt always pay the price of being Egyptian citizen. In the coming next week Egypt celebrate the June 30 anniversary and while Egypt celebrate, Copts still suffer from the consequences of the June 30 revolution. Until now the Coptic churches still burned and not restored. Coptic still suffer from discrimination and persecution. Although the president Sisi promises, Coptic still fell no change in any of the issues they were suffering from before.
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First, I offer my sincere condolences to the martyrs who shed their pure blood as a result of the vicious terrorist act that targeted the Petrine Church in Cairo.