Egypt: Church spokesman praises, US criticizes new anti-terrorism legislation
August 20, 2015
The spokesman for the Catholic Church in Egypt welcomed new anti-terrorism legislation signed into law by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
A US State Department spokesman expressed concern that the legislation “could have a significant detrimental impact on human rights and fundamental freedoms, including due process safeguards, freedom of association, and freedom of expression.”
Egypt is “at war with terrorism, and these new laws are very good and necessary,” Father Rafic Greiche told AsiaNews.
Praising President el-Sisi, who assumed power in 2013, Father Greiche said that “today we feel safer. Not quite safe I would say, because sometimes the Muslim Brotherhood or other terrorist groups put a bomb, and people are tired of these threats. Still, overall we feel safer.”
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Further information:
- For Catholic Church spokesman, Egypt is at war, and anti-terror laws are necessary (AsiaNews.it)
- Human rights group slams Egypt's new anti-terrorism law (AP)
- Daily Press Briefing (US State Department)
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Posted by: aclune9083 -
Aug. 20, 2015 7:09 PM ET USA
Thus clearly highlighting how far left the State department has become. This is the State department that shuns the word "terrorism" and turns a blind eye to the evil of the Muslim Brotherhood and similar organizations. Ironically--and much to the Devil's glee--such failure to name the darkness and to support the legitimate interest of a legitimate country to take necessary extreme measures for self-protection only aids and abets the evil one.
