"This is like a disease that will spread everywhere."
by Raymond Ibrahim, April 1, 2015
(Coptic Solidarity) According to a local priest and Coptic spokesman, last Friday�s assault on a Coptic Christian church proposed to be built, with President Sisi�s permission, to honor the 21 Coptic Christians who were slaughtered by the Islamic State in Libya, was all too typical and a reminder that Islamic Sharia sentiment continues to trump the sovereignty of the Egyptian state. During an interview he said:
First, what happened is that, when we make a decision for the church but then cannot implement this decision [to build the church] because some of the Muslims do not want it, because they don�t want the church�this is, first and foremost, a failure of the state and its authority and a failure of the rule of law. When a group comes to oppose [with violence, several Copts were injured], and the police leaves them free, this is like a disease that will spread everywhere.
Today, for example, there is a decision, but there are say 3-4 Brotherhood or Salafis opposing it, and the government appears protesting with them�in this case, you have given everyone who wants to oppose [with violence] the opportunity to oppose.
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