Egypt’s President Morsi Accused of Double Standards as Christians Detained in Libya
ICC Note: President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt has done little to secure the release of Egyptian Christians recently arrested in Libya on charges of proselytizing, MidEast Christian News reports. When Brotherhood members were arrested and detained in the UAE, the presidency sent a high level delegation, but the president has been silent regarding the unlawful detention of Egyptian Coptic Christians, says Lawyer Dalia Zakhari.
2/28/2013 Egypt (CP)- Lawyer Dalia Zakhari, a human rights activist, has criticized the silence of the Egyptian presidency regarding the unlawful detention of Egyptian Copts in Libya on charges of proselytizing.
When Brotherhood members were arrested and detained in the UAE, the presidency sent a high level delegation, headed by Essam el-Haddad, assistant to the president, to negotiate their release.
In remarks to MCN, Zakhari expressed surprise that the arrested Christians were accused of proselytizing, as Libyan law does not criminalize proselytizing. She stressed those arrested are ordinary people who own the Bible for blessing, not for preaching.
“Even if their charge is illegal immigration, they should be handed over to Egypt and should not be kept in humiliating detention this way,” Zakhari said.
Commenting on the seriousness of the situation in Libya, Zakhari said, “There is no coherent security apparatus as security militias have separated from the official security agency. They have weapons and make decisions themselves. They contract with people to protect them for money. The regular government security forces negotiate with these militias to hand over their weapons to the government and return to work in the regular government forces. They hear the militias because they possess large quantities of arms.”
Zakhari expressed fear for the lives of the Egyptian Christians detained by these militias since the Islamic Libyans believe people from other religions are foreigners or infidels, or both, and thus killing them is permissible.
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Di bawah tekanan hukum penodaan agama, para martir Kristen terus berjatuhan. Semoga Allah menumbuhkan bagiNya jemaat yg setia mencintaiNya di Pakistan dari benih darah para martir itu di masa depan yg masih panjang.
But the world points fingers at Israel. Tired of the hypocrisy.