The Copts in Egypt Under Attack!

By: Nabil Asaad

It seems that the Copts in Egypt are still trying to fight ignorance and Islamic fanatics. but the disease is only growing, before, we had to fight individuals, now our fight is against Islamic Fanatics in uniform, those who call themselves the Egyptian police, those who are suppose to ensure the security of every low abiding Egyptian citizen, those are the ones who are terrorizing and by lack of punishment encouraging the attacks on the Copts. For three hours high school students went from church to church, from store to store, terrorizing peaceful, church goers, and store owners, while the police was no were to be found. And even when the police came 3 hours later, when those animals were done destroying Coptic businesses, no one was held responsible. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
While this was happening in Dirout, Egypt, in another place also city workers were destroying the fence and the community building owned by the church in Cairo. State officials, with the blessings of the police departments who was witnessing the destruction, they all ignored the fact that this is an approved building and pretended to be ignorant, they didn’t know how to read at this moment before destroying a perfectly legal building.
While this was taking place, also the Moslems surrounded The Monastery of Abou Fana to prevent the church from putting a fence around its property which was approved by the officials. So even when some officials do their job, the people can stand in the way of justice and there is no one to stop them. Also the burning of St Karas Church in Dirout, attacking the Christian students in Dirout schools. What message does this send to all those who want to attack Christians in Egypt? Simply, the Egyptian Government is sending to every Muslim the following message: You can destroy their churches, destroy their businesses, kill them, kidnap their daughters, and we will do nothing to stop you. May God have mercy on all the Copts of Egypt who are living in fear, the Copts of Egypt who are living in terror, the copts of Egypt who are living under attack and under siege. May God bless the Copts of Egypt, and may those who are responsible for the security of Egyptians, wake up and stop burying their heads in the sand.