“There was mismanagement of the file of Copts and national unity by the state and ignoring it was even a grave political mistake,” said Mūsá during a meeting with Egypt Copts Coalition on Wednesday (April 25).

He said that Two Saints Church and Maspero massacres as well as other crimes perpetrated against Copts must not be closed or ignored, adding the culprits must be brought to justice and punished.

Regarding a law on religious discrimination, Mūsá said that he does not discriminate among the people of the nation, adding he supports the clear activation of this law because discrimination is a crime against the state. “This law is not going to be a window dressing.” [Jamāl Abū al-Dahab, Shādyah Yūsuf and ‘Abbūd Māhir, al-Ahrām, April 26, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic