I wrote this article in 2016, and I still don’t support tyranny.
For many Egyptian Christians, Sisi is worth to be supported for several political and ecclesiastical reasons. Moreover, for entirely different reasons, some conservatives in the West prefer a strong military leader in Egypt. Nonetheless, I argue that supporting a lunatic tyrant cannot be justified.
Sisi might be fighting terrorists, but not terrorism in the broader sense. On the contrary, his unjust policies will lead to an insurgence of terrorism.
Every time, Christians choose to neglect their characterizing values for political and security reasons, they become unfaithful to their Lord and lose their witness to the fallen world. Since I take God’s Word seriously; therefore, I cannot justify the deeds of an evil liar and a tyrant who torture, jail, and kill people for temporary peace.
True Christians should be faithful to Christ and his Word, not to a pope, a patriarch, or any earthly leader, and they are in no…
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