Dr. Nājih Ibrāhīm, a member of the al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah's shūrá (consultative) council, in an opinion article in Rose al-Yūsuf newspaper, said Michael Meunir (Nabīl), who was recently released from jail, was neither wise nor reasonable during his interview with TV talk show host Dīnā Rāmiz on the Sadá al-Balad channel when he announced in broad daylight that he is atheist.
[Reviewer's Note: The author of the article has mistakenly wrote Michael Meunir, the Coptic activist and politician, whereas he spoke all through the article about Michael Nabīl, a young blogger who was jailed after he was found guilty of insulting the army.]
With his statements on that talk show, Meunir (Nabīl) has awed many Egyptians – Muslims as well as Christians – and even lost a large asset by many of the Christians who were sympathizing with him.
Ironically, Meunir (Nabīl) has explicitly announced that he is atheist in a time when the Russians are beginning to renounce atheism and returning once again to Orthodox Christianity.
Of course everyone has the freedom to believe in whatever they want but on the other hand should not shock millions of Muslim and Christian Egyptians by a stupid pompous discourse that only disregards the feelings of the Egyptian people.
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) did very well to release him so that the people may listen to what he was saying and consequently despise him after many believed that he was worthy of support and defense. [Nājih Ibrāhīm, Rose al-Yūsuf newspaper, Feb. 3, p. 4]
