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Feb 19, 2015
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Egyptian Islamist Wagdi Ghoneim on Slaughter of Copts in Libya: Treachery Runs in Christians’ Blood

#4796 | 03:18
Source: Online Platforms

In a statement uploaded to his personal YouTube channel on February 19, Egyptian Islamist, exiled in Turkey, Wagdi Ghoneim ranted against Coptic Egyptians in the wake of the slaughter of 21 Copts in Libya by ISIS. Ghoneim accused the Copts of staging a coup against former Egyptian President Morsi, and stated that "treachery runs in their blood."


Following are excerpts:


Wagdi Ghoneim: This is my comment on the killing of the Crusaders in Libya.


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Before I begin, let me clarify that this is my own personal opinion. It's true that when growing up, I was with the Muslim Brotherhood, but currently I am not a member of the Muslim Brotherhood organization. So the Muslim Brotherhood should not be held accountable for what I say.


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Since 'Amr ibn Al-'As conquered Egypt, Islam had thrived Allah be praised, and people had enjoyed justice under the rule of Islam, until the Crusaders in Egypt began conspiring against us Muslims. They began conspiring against us Muslims.


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When several Crusaders girls converted to Islam, [the Copts] captured them, with the help of the treacherous State Security, locked them in monasteries, and tortured them, and to this day, we do not know what was has become of our Muslim sister in Egypt. Note that we are the majority. We are 85 million Muslims, while there are four million of them – six million tops. This is according to the statistics that they themselves cite. Is it conceivable that the four million should rule over the 85 million?!


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They killed us in Rabaa Al-Adawiya and in the other squares. They should have been living with us in safety and security. There were times when we lived with them, and there were hardly any difference between us. People befriended them, and so on and so forth… But treachery runs in their blood, of course. Treachery runs in their blood.


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They did not fancy the president that we elected. We are Muslims. This is our country, and we elected President Morsi. People stood in lines stretching for kilometers to elect Morsi, and the court ruled that he is the legitimate president, but [Pope] Tawadros and the Crusaders staged a coup against our president. They staged a coup against the Muslim president we elected.


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I have my grievances with the Muslim Brotherhood, because they share the blame for what the Crusaders in Egypt did to us. The Muslim Brotherhood pampered them beyond anybody's imagination. They told them that they could have "complete and equal rights." Just great! So if we, the 85 million Muslims, build a mosque, the four million Crusaders get to build a church?! A quid pro quo?!



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Even the honorable President Morsi, may Allah free him from prison, had his own Crusader advisor.


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Of course I hate them for their [disbelief] in Allah. I loathe them because they are infidels. Our Lord branded them as infidels.


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However, when we Muslims hate a Crusader or a Jew, do we treat him unjustly? No. No. No. No.


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Tawadros congratulated and thanked the army and the police, which killed us in Rabaa Al-Adawiya and the other squares. After they burned the corpses, and shot the wounded in the hospital and burned them alive, you Crusaders congratulate them for killing us?! Therefore, my comment on the killing of the Crusaders in Libya is: No comment.


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