Abu Assem signed the statement, which said: “The explosions today at the Mar Girgis Church in Tanta and at the Saint Mark’s Church in Alexandria, which killed and injured dozens, confirm that fascist regimes have one approach to force their survival. They create a fake enemy called terrorism to cover their failure and incapability and gain the sympathy of naïve people. The explosion at Saints’ Church during the era of Hosni Mubarak was not a long time ago”.

 

“The military coup militias are manipulating the lives of innocent people and not taking their lives seriously and are employing them to serve their malicious plans which aim to tear the national fabric. The rushed statements which the coup authorities issue to calm down the public opinion, and in which they make random accusations that are not based on evidence and later turn out to be all lies, and the random criminal campaigns against the opposition will never contribute to revealing facts or stopping crimes or achieving security.”

 

Ideological debate

The condemnation was less than one sentence and the rest of the statement goes on to discuss politics and engage in ideological debates. They exploited the moment and saw it as a chance to be present. This is their wish. The problem here is in fact humanitarian. The victims of this tragedy are Egyptians.

 

If those who are hesitant to condemn the attack or who make incomplete condemnation statements consider themselves part of the society, then what’s with this horrible lack of care toward ISIS crimes?

 

Political statements must not be issued when crises strike nations, unless it is the Brotherhood, which is blacklisted as a terrorist organization in several countries. It wants to improve its political and social presence in Egypt by way of violence. This exposes the group’s moral flaw.

 

Religious, national and moral duties make it imperative for the Muslim Brotherhood to just settle with condemning the terror attack and not exploit these moments of grief to make political statements. Otherwise the condemnation which they only mentioned in one sentence throughout an entire statement is more like a justification. It is a group that goes like: “We condemn the explosion, but.”

 

The way Brotherhood condemned the terror attack did not come as a surprise to those who are familiar with the group. It did the same following September 11 attacks and following Casablanca, Riyadh and Khobar explosions. It even sweet-talked the Houthi aggressors who launch missiles against civilians in Kaaba on the House of Allah.

 

Exploiting aftermath of violence as opportunity for political point scoring is immoral because the victim here is not the regime, which you oppose, but your bother in the country who has been devoured by terrorism. He is the same brother you used to threaten others with in Rabaa few years ago.

 

Are we surprised? Actually, no. This is the group that says “we condemn, but …”