By Joseph Mayton
CAIRO -- A controversial Egyptian Copt living abroad has incensed Egyptians over a letter he wrote about the recent Israeli war on Gaza. Morris Sadek, the head of the National Coptic Assembly in the United States, wrote an open letter on Jan. 19, titled "Israel's Victory," which has left Egyptians - both Copts and Muslims - angry over his claims.
In the letter, he called Hamas a part of the Muslim Brotherhood [No s#%t! Hamas itself claims to be the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood] and argued that Palestinians should not complain of their situation vis-a-vis Israel.
"Soon after Palestinians elected Hamas under the symbol 'Islam is the solution' Hamas turned against the Palestinian Authority and declared an Islamic state in Gaza, where they applied the Sharia and killed Christians and burned their stores and kidnapped foreign correspondents," the duel [sic.] U.S.-Egyptian citizen Sadek wrote, linking Egypt's powerful opposition Muslim Brotherhood to Hamas. [Hamas Charter, Article Two: "The Islamic Resistance Movement is one of the wings of Moslem Brotherhood in Palestine."]
"Hamas sold Gaza to Iran and they sold it in exchange for weapons and tunnels in cooperation with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and declared jihad on Israel which provides them with food, and Israel sent trucks full of humanitarian supplies over to Gaza," he continued. Read more ...
CAIRO -- A controversial Egyptian Copt living abroad has incensed Egyptians over a letter he wrote about the recent Israeli war on Gaza. Morris Sadek, the head of the National Coptic Assembly in the United States, wrote an open letter on Jan. 19, titled "Israel's Victory," which has left Egyptians - both Copts and Muslims - angry over his claims.
In the letter, he called Hamas a part of the Muslim Brotherhood [No s#%t! Hamas itself claims to be the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood] and argued that Palestinians should not complain of their situation vis-a-vis Israel.
"Soon after Palestinians elected Hamas under the symbol 'Islam is the solution' Hamas turned against the Palestinian Authority and declared an Islamic state in Gaza, where they applied the Sharia and killed Christians and burned their stores and kidnapped foreign correspondents," the duel [sic.] U.S.-Egyptian citizen Sadek wrote, linking Egypt's powerful opposition Muslim Brotherhood to Hamas. [Hamas Charter, Article Two: "The Islamic Resistance Movement is one of the wings of Moslem Brotherhood in Palestine."]
"Hamas sold Gaza to Iran and they sold it in exchange for weapons and tunnels in cooperation with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and declared jihad on Israel which provides them with food, and Israel sent trucks full of humanitarian supplies over to Gaza," he continued. Read more ...
Source: Middle East Times
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