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Sept 1St. 2010
For Immediate Release
Hosting Gamal Mubarak Sends Wrong Signal for Peace, Human Rights, and Democracy in the Middle East
The American Coptic Union (ACU), human rights activists, supporters of religious freedom, and peace-loving people all over the world are disturbed by the White House’s invitation to President Mubarak and his son for direct peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. The Mubarak regime has no interest in achieving genuine peace between the parties.
This invitation sends a wrong message to the Copts. His son plans to inherit his father’s position as if he were entitled to it. This invitation is a slap to the face of those who believe in US position on promoting democracy in Egypt. Their invitation is the real obstacle for peace in the Middle East.
Mubarak, his son, and other Egyptian officials are partners in the anti-Christian movement in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Their crimes against humanity have been reported to the United Nations Human Rights Council in an ACU complaint sent to Geneva on August 18, 2010.
Hosting Gamal Mubarak in the White House sends a clear message that the United States endorses his plan to steal the election. Other candidates, such as Dr. ElBaradei and Dr. Ayman Nour, should not be ignored and punished because they believe in a free and democratic election.
Furthermore, hosting Mubarak and his son sends a clear signal that the United States supports the anti-Christian movement in which he and his son are active members. In addition, this invitation demonstrates that the United States supports the religious persecution against the Coptic Christians of Egypt, who face genocide under the Arab regime of Egypt.
They are violating and abusing the human rights of almost all Egyptians, including Muslims. The list of crimes they have committed are:
• Ethnic cleansing against hundreds of thousands, displacing and forcing families to leave their homes, and lands. And Confiscations of private properties.
• Massacring of Egyptian Copts, terror attacks, and raids on Coptic Christian villages.
• Thousands killed in orchestrated attacks all over Egypt.
• Kidnapping, raping, more than 500,000 women, and underage girls, forcing them to convert, and marry of those who commit the crime against them.
• For millions of Coptic Christians to convert to Islam, by force, and distorting their civil records.
• Killing worshipers inside the Churches. Burning and destroying hundreds of worship places, and historical monasteries.
• Protecting terror secret organization to kill those Coptic Christians who convert back to Christianity.
• Destruction of Egyptian Coptic historical sites, such as Luxor, Akhmim, Al Giza area of
• Severe economic strangulation. President Mubarak issued a presidential decree to kill and exterminate all Pigs owned by Egyptian Christian Copts and confiscate their Farms. As a result about 3 million lost their income, and become unemployed.
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Mr. President, the ACU requests the following:
1. A statement from the White House expressing its opposition to hereditary rule in Egypt. If it is too late for the President to cancel the appearance with Gamal Mubarak, then he should at least respect the principal of “Equality of Equals” by inviting Dr. ElBaradei and Dr. Ayman Nour to the White House.
2. We are sure President Barack Obama is a real Christian even though the media suggests otherwise. Therefore, we call on the President to support the Coptic Christians’ legitimate and justifiable case before the UN Human Rights Commission (OHCHR).
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