Muhsin 'Arīshī quotes observers who believe that influential bishops in Coptic Orthodox Church have dismissed Jesus' message of peace.

Moreover, security authorities and moderate copts are debating the reason coptic radicals decided to follow the example of Muslim fundamentalists attempting to take the law into their own hands; when three thousands angry Copts rioted in al-‘Umrāniyyah district of Giza over the alleged refusal by the local Municipality to license the construction of a church last month.