Thread by @salamamoussa

A thread on statement made by #Egyptian politicians criticizing the #Copts for taking unnecessary risk in visiting their monastery. First and foremost it is a cruel attempt to blame the victims rather than hold officials responsible 1/6

These politicians would rather the #Copts abandoned their faith and ways in order not to trouble the #Egyptian government with doing its job. This is weird logic at best and is at the heart of the country's persistent underdevelopment 2/6

These politicians practice a soft form of supremacist thinking, much like the Islamists In fact, the issue is not binary, those who favor exterminating the #Copts and those who do not. Rather it is a spectrum of where on the scale of oppression they fall. 3/6

It must be seen that #Egypt's "Coptic" problem and its underdevelopment are closely linked. A society can not develop where respect for the individual and diversity are not present. It was always thought that domination by foreigners hinders Egypt 4/6

In fact, it is the domination of the country by a single class that hinders it. #Egypt exchanged occupation by foreigners for occupation by a class of natives. The #Copts are the glaring example because they are the indigenous people. 5/6

The anti-colonial struggle had the slogan of "#Egypt for the Egyptians". What is needed is an expansive definition of "Egyptian", beyond native-born or Muslim or Copt, but including all who might help it develop. 6/6