Writing in the monthly conservative Townhall Magazine,
Michael Youssef has asked why President Obama, a self-proclaimed
Christian, has failed to defend the cause of the harassed and persecuted
Christians around the world.
Dr. Michael Youssef, an Egyptian-born U.S. citizen who has authored 27
books including 'Blindsided: The Radical Islamic Conquest,' examines Obama's dealings with Egypt over the past two years.
In
his article, Youssef suggests a number of factors that could explain
Obama's position regarding Christians around the world. He says that on
the outbreak of the January 2011 uprising, Obama urged Mubarak to step
down. In fact, writes Youssef, Mubarak was a secular and capitalist
dictator and his regime was corrupt for sure. However even after
Mubarak's departure, the situation has not changed and corruption is
still present under what Youssef calls "the Islamic dictator who
replaced Mubarak."
The presidential elections (May 2012) ended by a
narrow victory for Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate.
Even though the presidential elections were allegedly marred by fraud
and Christians reportedly prevented from voting, Youssef says that the
White House and the U.S. State Department were quick to "embrace Morsi
as the victor."
The reason being that Obama and his staff were of
the strong opinion that an Islamist president in power in by far the
most significant country in the Arab Middle East would "satisfy
hard-line Islamists and neutralize would-be terrorists."
Yet, Youssef says neither of these assumptions has materialized.
Youssef
writes that even when Morsi gave himself sweeping powers and declared
himself to be "the supreme ruler" the White House reacted softly, saying
that it was simply concerned and made a short call for Egyptians to
work out their "internal" problems.
Youssef has therefore
concluded that Obama has no problem in dealing with "dictatorships," as
long as it's "Islamic and not capitalist."
In addition, Youssef
reveals that Rashid Khalidi, a Hamas supporter and former PLO advisor,
is an "old Chicago friend of Mr. Obama's."
According to Youssef,
Obama had also maintained a relationship with the late Edward Said, who
served as a member of the Palestine National Council and worked with
late Yasser Arafat, the PLO leader.
In the writer's mind there is no doubt that such relationships have had some kind of influence on Obama's position.
Youssef
also alleges that Hamas, which is a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood of
Egypt, have moved its headquarters from Damascus to Cairo since Morsi's
rise to power.
In view of these explanations, Youssef writes that
Christians should not look to Obama to defend their cause, because his
support for Islamist power "drowns out the voices of the persecuted."
Another
proof, he writes, is the way the White House reacted to the bloody
clashes that followed Morsi's constitutional decree on Nov 22, 2012, and
during which the Islamist militia killed a number of protestors and
injured hundreds more.
The only comment on the event came from Jay
Carney, the White House spokesperson who said, "We call for calm and
for all parties to work together to resolve their differences
peacefully."
For the Egyptian born writer, the Christians who are
being persecuted, harassed, displaced, kidnapped, dispossessed and
killed in Egypt, Syria,
Pakistan or in Nigeria have no "advocate" in the White House.
