Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I believe that the Copts certainly lost a lot of faith in the army, especially after what occurred on October 9. An international investigation needs to be done, not only an investigation in the United Nations, but I urge the Canadian government to make a motion to bring Mr. Tant

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No, I am saying 36. Sorry for the misunderstanding. The New York Times and another newspaper bring the same number. And the 300 injured, that is correct.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  This is my personal opinion. I believe the Coptic Church put itself in a bad position when the leader of the church started to play policy. This created a problem for the people in the street, because for decades they could not do any political activity because the church was doi

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't want to be a pessimist, but I believe when you have a culture for 60 years or more, it is really hard to have change right away. Certainly there are Muslims who are secular, moderate, who believe in freedom and justice, but the percentage is so little that it will be crus

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Street sharia court.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  That's correct, sir.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Well, it is Islamic doctrine—whatever you'd like to call it, you can call it. It is in the Koran and they follow whatever their book says to them.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I believe there are historical reasons for that. Also, Coptic Orthodox is a majority, more than Coptic Catholic or Coptic Evangelist or other denominations. You have to understand that Coptic Orthodox are about 90% of the Coptic population.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No, I don't have any official news about that. There are a lot of rumours. Various parties are playing sounds that they are going to protect the Christians, but I consider it the same as Islamic taqiyya, so I don't believe it, to be honest with you.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, sir. Also, since you bring up the 1.2 million Muslims in Canada, I know there are Muslims around the world, outside of Islamic countries, and they live in freedom and they have all the rights as citizens of that place. But what happens when you hear what they say inside th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I don't understand the question.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No, they are not allowing anything. When I was talking about electoral fraud, this was the reason behind it, because if they're really looking to have a clear, pure election, why do they have concerns that any foreign identity can come and control the election.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Good afternoon, Chairman. Thank you for the invitation. I am honoured to appear before the members of the subcommittee on human rights to give testimony concerning the plight of Copts in Egypt. The situation in Egypt concerning Copts is a little bit complicated, and I would like