Western media outlets manipulated the incident at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church to promote what is referred to as the “peacefulness” of the Muslim Brotherhood, and presented it as a facet of the political equation. [They also] issued accusations against Egyptian security agencies, alleging that they neglected to protect Copts. This is in conjunction with a series of peculiar developments in the American Congress to interfere in Egyptian affairs by proposing a law regarding the restoration of Egyptian churches.