The Egyptian Bayt al-‘Āilah condemned terrorism by armed groups, which targets public and private facilities as well as churches and mosques in Egypt. It stated that it is an un-Islamic terrorist plot striving desperately to drown the state in an ocean of fitnah. Bayt al-‘Āilah calls for citizens to be vigilant, stand with the nation, and for people to arm themselves with awareness and not to be misled by any destructive thought. It calls for Egyptian citizens to stand together to protect churches and to counter segregation, extremism, and terrorism (Michael Fāris, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Aug. 20). Read original text in Arabic.