WORLD MARONITE UNION
Press release
MARONITE UNION BLAME JIHADISTS
FOR CRIMES AGAINST COPTS
New York, April 17th, 2007
The World Maronite Union strongly condemns the criminal attacks against
the Copts of Egypt, particularly the aggression against the Churches in
Alexandria last week.
1) The Union blames the Jihadists who are planning and executing these
attacks against unarmed and innocent civilians withinthe Coptic
Christian community of Egypt. The Maronite Union hold the Islamic
Fundamentalist organizations in Egypt as responsible for incitement and
support to the Jihadi networks, implicated in terrorism against Copts
and moderate Muslims in Egypt and the region.
2) The World Maronite Union, on behalf of 12 million Maronites in the
World stands firmly by the Coptic people and vow to support
international initiative to extend protection to these communities under
siege.
3) The World Maronite Union sees in the attack against the Copts of
Egypt a global pattern of Jihadi persecution of Christians and other
minorities in the Middle East and the wider Muslim world. It expresses
its concerns for the increase of incidents against Christians in Egypt,
Sudan, Iraq, Iran and beyond.
4) The Maronite Union calls on democratic and humanist Muslims in Egypt
and the Middle East to form a common front against the Jihadists
Sami El-Khoury
President
Tom Harb
Deputy Secretary General
