Yousef Sidhom, editor-in-chief of Watani, responds to an article of Islamist author Fahmy Huweidy in Al-Ahram newspaper demanding that the Coptic church denounce all extremist movements who tarnish the image of Egypt on the international stage by focusing on negative aspects of Egypt, including terrorist attacks on Copts.
"We refuse to export our problems outside Egypt." Sidhom writes. "We also refuse to import any foreign solutions. Yet we confess that troubles for Cops exist and that this throws a shadow on our lives. We have been waiting for a long time for our Muslim brothers in the same country, to sit with us to discuss our troubles."