As if what Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority suffered in the aftermath of the anti-Brotherhood June 30 Revolution — from the coldblooded murders of Copts to the destruction of some 80 churches — Wagdi Ghoneim, a pro-Muslim Brotherhood cleric reportedly living in Qatar is again trying to incite Egypt’s Muslims against the Copts, whom he earlier threatened with genocide should they help oust former president Morsi.
In a video recently released, Ghoneim appears speaking at some conference, saying that any setbacks that the Islamist movement around the world has suffered is because of the major setback the Brotherhood and its allies suffered in Egypt, saying that “When Egypt shakes the entire Arab and Islamic world shakes.”
Then he blamed many others, including the U.S., Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, and new Egyptian president, Sisi, whom the cleric characterized as an “apostate infidel from Islam.”
He blamed all the women that were raped by pro-Brotherhood elements by saying they intentionally went out to tempt men. And he praised the ascendancy of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (popularly known as ISIS), adding “Allah willing, what’s happening in Iraq will happen to the Egyptian military.”
Finally, he asserted that “What’s happening in Egypt is a war on Islam—thanks to the crusaders [reference to Copts] in Egypt.”
Earlier, when Morsi was still president, and revolution was stirring, Ghoneim made another video, entitled, “A Notice and Warning to the Crusaders in Egypt,” his reference to the nation’s most indigenous inhabitants, the Copts, which he began by saying:
You are playing with fire in Egypt, I swear, the first people to be burned by the fire are you [Copts].” The day Egyptians — and I don’t even mean the Muslim Brotherhood or Salafis, regular Egyptians — feel that you are against them, you will be wiped off the face of the earth. I’m warning you now: do not play with fire! (Emphasis added)
Since Morsi and the Brotherhood were ousted a year ago, Ghoneim and others have actively been trying to make good on this promise of annihilation.
Charli Main says
Coptic Christians, enslaved by the Muslim invaders of their country since 638 AD.
Non citizens in their own land for around 1400 years.
These Copts have taken every horror thrown at them for centuries and have still kept the faith, refusing to convert to the religion of their conquerors—Islam
Fr. Basil says
Wrong, Charli. The Copts are the ORIGINAL Egyptians. The words are even etymologically related. Go to a Coptic church, look at the congregation, and see the faces of the Pharaohs look back at you.
mortimer says
Coptic Christians are the ABORIGIALS usurped by the Muslim invaders…and persecuted, baited and tortured by them ever since.
TH says
Indeed, Alexandria was one of the three most important centers of Christianity in the first five hundred years of Christianity and it produced Origen, who is the gratest of all the Fathers of the Church who wrote in Greek, then St. Athanasius, St. Cyril of Aalexandria to mention only the greatest. Yes, these were Greek by culture but most of the oridnary Chrstians there were Coptic. . Besides Rome, there was also Antioch in Syria from where St. Paul set out on his missionary journeys. After these three centers of ancient Christianity there was Carthage, near which St. Augustine was born and lived most of his life. Later with Contantine Constantiniple became importante and survived until 1453. Only the Copts and the Marionites in Lebanon among the many Christian communities subjugated by Islam have been able to survive in any appreciable numbers. In Istanbul there remain only about 4000 Christians. The fact that the Copts have kept the faith for almost 14 centuries of Islamic domination is truly incredible. In the case of Spain, a small mountain area in the North (Asturias) was not conquered by the Muslims and from there began the Reconquest, which took almost 800 years.
Charli Main says
With respect Fr Basil. that’s what I have said—-NON CITIZENS IN THEIR OWN LAND FOR 1400 YEARS ETC
Jaladhi says
The usual lies of Muslims!! They are the ones who are waging war aagainst all non-Muslims all over the world and yet keep spouting the that they and Islam are under attack!! Take any country where Muslims live, whether Islamic or non-Islamic, you find Muslims carrying out their atrocious jihad attack against everybody. They don’t know what peace is or how to live peacefully anywhere in the world. And they call Islam is religion of peace.
Richie says
This is already the spin being pushed by the left, that Christians are oppressing Muslims throughout the middle east. Leftists don’t realize- or don’t care that we will see a repeat of the Armenian genocide in our lifetimes
dumbledoresarmy says
This malignant narcissist megalomaniac – i.e. pious Mohammedan – is offended by the continuing *existence* of anything not-Islam.
The Copts, as far as he is concerned, are “waging war” against Islam simply by…**existing**.
Coral Searle says
The Copts seem to be called to be martyrs in every way, in every day. My prayer for my Coptic brothers and sisters is that this is not so. My prayer is very weak.
Sam Hanna says
The Copts and Muslims in Egypt are the same people most Muslims and Copts get along fine with each other it is just a minority of extremists who come from other Arab countries most likely like Libya, Palestine, Iraq and Syria and most likely a Bedouin from the Sinai Peninsula who are from an Arab nomad tribe. Remember Egyptian Muslims are Copts they just converted to Islam in the last few centuries after Islamic conquest because of lack of money such as jizya. The are many Muslim Egyptians who look indigenous and many Coptic Egyptian who don’t look Indigenous.
sandra says
Yes, Sam. We need to give the Egyptians (Christians and modern more secular Muslims) credit. They had the strength to rise up and throw the Muslim Bros out with the help of the Army. If only Americans would vote GOP and allow Congress to impeach that treacherous supporter of the Muslim Bros fouling our White House.
scott says
You can neither have a rational, nor civil dialogue with crazy people, nor zealots that are hell-bent on killing you!
The persecution of Christians is the very same problem that Israel has with Muslims radicals. The apostle Mark founded the first Christian church in Egypt around AD 33, long BEFORE Islam ever existed there. Islam wasn’t established there until the tenth century, which is post AD 901. Who’s the heretic? HELLO!
Intellectual dishonesty goes hand-in-hand with every aberrant cult. For example, if Abraham is the father of both Judaism and Islam, have not all Muslims rejected everything their great Jewish father stood for and believed in? How can Muslims claim to believe in The One God, and then decide to reject everything He taught Abraham?
In Egypt, the only people who have a problem co-existing with anyone are the Muslims. They seek to either convert or kill anyone and everyone who doesn’t think exactly as they do. The Israelis have always sought to peacefully coexist with Muslims living amongst them in Israel. Not until they have been threatened, attacked, or placed in a position of peril has the state of Israel acted with extreme prejudice to achieve self-preservation.
Liberals who continue to make excuses for, and repeat politically correct propaganda to further jihad such as “Islam is a religion of peace,” need to wake up and accept reality and pay more attention to what Islam’s proponents actually DO, instead of what they SAY! Buy a freaking clue!
There will never be peace in the Middle East until Muslims learn to love their own children more than they hate the Jews and Christians!