From CBN News
An Egyptian Christian leader is calling out
President Barack Obama and his administration for not doing enough in
face of intense persecution against the Church by the Muslim
Brotherhood.
Following the recent barrage of church burnings,
Father Rafic Greiche, the chief spokesman for the Catholic Church in
Egypt, criticized President Obama for not speaking out against the worst
violence against Egyptian Christians in nearly 700 years.
"President Obama when he made a speech he just
touched on the burning churches instead of telling the Muslim
Brotherhood that they are terrorists and they are making terror on
Egypt," Greiche said. "He did not speak loud for this and shame on him
if he is a Christian that he does not speak out loud."
"The spokesman of the White House who…was asked
'What is the red line for the Christians in Egypt?' he mocked and said,
'I didn't bring my red pen," he noted.
"So I think it was a mockery and not at its place and really shame on him also," he said.
Radical Islamists, many members of Egypt's Muslim
Brotherhood, attacked at least 60 churches, Christian businesses, and
institutions in the days following the crackdown against supporters of
ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
"Obama does not appear to understand the situation," Greiche told AsiaNews.
"In his speech he didn't even so much as mention all the churches and
Christian buildings being burnt down by the Muslim Brotherhood."
"This must absolutely be made clear: the Muslim
Brothers are terrorists and are tied to groups belonging to al Qaeda and
to the Salafites," he said. "The history of the Muslim Brotherhood,
even since their foundation, has been a history of 85 years of
bloodshed."
