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Egypt Authorities Permitting Attacks on Christians Through Lack of Action Against Perpetrators
Christian Post ^ | 8-10-13 | MidEast Christian News

Posted on 08/10/2013 3:33:06 PM PDT by ReformationFan

Dr. Kamil Sedik, secretary of the Congregational Council in Alexandria, has condemned repeated attacks by Islamist groups against Coptic Christians in Egypt, saying that authorities are permitting the violence by not providing adequate security for vulnerable Copts."Copts are subjected to violence by criminals, who were released from prison by deposed President Morsi, because of their [Copts] ideological affiliation," Sedik told Mideast Christian News. Moreover, Sedik accused government officials of failing to cope with criminal attacks against Copts. "The government does not provide security for Copts, but it tolerates prisoners who are under investigation," he said in reference to the meeting between foreign officials and Khairat el-Shater, a Muslim Brotherhood leader. Shater is currently imprisoned pending a trial for inciting the killing of demonstrators. Sedik called on the government to pay adequate attention to all Egyptians who are persecuted and attacked because of their religious identity. "The interim government should be a revolutionary government because it is operating under unusual circumstances," said Sedik, who stressed that "the government's severe slowdown in dealing with terrorist groups encouraged these groups to exercise more violence."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: copt; copticchristians; copticchurch; copticchurches; copts; egypt; egyptianchristians; israel; kamilsedik; mccain; muslimbrotherhood; neareast; obama; religiousliberty; religiouspersecution; russia; sedik; waronterror

1 posted on 08/10/2013 3:33:06 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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2 posted on 08/10/2013 5:15:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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“If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. . . . . .” Exodus 8:21


3 posted on 08/10/2013 10:41:16 PM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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4 posted on 08/11/2013 6:54:29 AM PDT by SJackson ( The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. BF)
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To: ReformationFan

it’s called plausible deniability born of “benign neglect”


5 posted on 08/12/2013 10:21:15 AM PDT by Wuli (uir)
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