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Following are excerpts from a religious program featuring Egyptian cleric Safwat Higazi, which aired on Al-Nas TV on July 4, 2011:
Higazi is referring to a cartoon posted by Coptic communications tycoon Naguib Sawiris on his Twitter account, which featured Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in full Islamic dress, including a niqab for Minnie and a beard for Mickey
Safwat Higazi: I say to Naguib Sawiris: Unless you maintain Egypt as a priority, "something" will happen. This "something" is a boycott of all your businesses. Naguib Sawiris is a businessman who has amassed his wealth on [the backs] of Egypt and its people – the Muslim Egyptian people, the Muslim Egypt. To Sawiris I say: If the images posted on your Twitter account appear one more time, you will have to declare bankruptcy.
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I think that our Egyptian Christian brothers do not agree at all with what was posted on Naguib Sawiris' Twitter account. It is a cartoon of a bearded Mickey Mouse – a large beard – along with Minnie, or Mimmie, his neighbor, wearing a niqab, and they are talking about their lives before and after their repentance. I think this is extremely shameful. It is also rude. I believe that our honorable Christian brothers reject this.
Would Naguib Sawiris or anyone else dare to do this to the Jews? I think that's impossible. He knows full well that he would not dare do such a thing. We will not let anyone hurt our feelings and then say he is sorry. Sorry, but we do not accept your apology.
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