Following are excerpts from a statement by Egyptian cleric Wagdi Ghoneim, which was posted on the Internet on March 18, 2012:
Wagdi Ghoneim: "Praise be to Allah. With the grace of Allah, the head of unbelief and polytheism, known as Shenouda, died yesterday, may Allah exact revenge from him.
"God's worshippers and the trees and the animals were all relieved by his death. Egypt is relieved by his [death], because he generated sectarian strife. […]
"This dead accursed criminal, known as Shenouda, was told that the Koran says, in Surat Al-Maida: 'And [beware the day] when Allah will say: Oh Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people: Take me and my mother as gods beside Allah?' [Shenouda] said: 'We don't take Christ and his mother as gods beside Allah. He Is God.'
"The truth is that he was very clear in his enmity to Islam. When the Muslim Brothers would chant their slogan: 'The Koran is our constitution,' he would respond: 'The New Testament is our constitution.'
"When they would say: 'Death for the sake of Allah is our highest aspiration,' he would say: 'Death for the sake of Christ is our highest aspiration.'
"He used to say that Egypt was under Muslim occupation. He demanded to abolish the Islamic shari'a and turn Egypt into a Coptic state. […]
"He wanted to cause civil strife. He wanted to set Egypt ablaze. […]
"Are we supposed to send condolences or be sad about someone like this? We should be happy that he died. Let him go to Hell. May Allah exact revenge from him in the Hellfire – from him and from all those who follow his path." […]
