Catholic World Report: One of the first to speak up was Father Rafiq Greiche, spokesman for the Catholic bishops of Egypt, who stated to AsiaNews: “Obama does not appear to understand the situation. 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. The history of the Muslim Brotherhood, ever since their foundation, has been a history of 85 years of bloodshed”.
Father Greiche also pointed to one of the main characteristics of the movement founded by Hasan al-Banna: dissimulation. “The Muslim Brotherhood communicates with a double register – he said — to the Western media they speak about democracy and coups d’etat, to the Arab media they talk about their plan for a State based on Islam, on sharia law, on a Caliphate that is to include other Arab nations as well. Either Obama doesn’t understand what’s going on, or he is an accomplice to this project.” Read more here.
