Some of my friends asked me if I support a religious government or a civilian one, and I didn't understand the question. Egypt has always been a religious country, a nation that worshiped more than 2000 gods, many years ago while the rest of the world was living in caves. A country where the king invited people to believe in the one god while the rest of the world was living in the dark. A country where Joseph was brought up, where Moses was found and received the word of God, where Jesus lived as a baby, and where Abraham got married. A country which is mentioned in the Quran several times, and a country in which the prophet Mohamed ordered the Muslims to treat the Egyptian Copts with respect and dignity.
Why would this country neglect religion, and become like China, where they have no relationship with God? If I am getting the question right, I would say that my friends are asking me if I am for not allowing the Muslim Brotherhood to get into power. If that is the case, I fully agree with not letting anyone who uses the name of religion to play politics, and of course that includes the leaders of the church, who clearly got involved in the political life in a way or another, even before the revolution.
What we need now, and in the future, is to establish a well-organized political system, based on the idea that the people are the main source of legislation, with full freedom to choose and to refuse their own representatives. The future governors should not be leaders, but servants of the public, and should be questioned and judged at any time by the people.
Religion will always be in our hearts and minds, but politics is a very different game.
