2 Watani International Sunday 7 October 2001

11 September and 6 October:

We read with
interest The new Abel in Egypt and America
A Tribute to Bishop Samuel (1920-1981)
The American Taliban! By Saad Michael Saad, Los Angeles
together with Sadat.
Anba Samuel was rep-
gled out by the assassins. acceptable to God (Ro-
By God, however, he mans 12:1). Both left the
resenting the Coptic was called to give wit- world with a spiritual
For Egypt and Evil minds abused the Church in the 6 October ness (martyria in Coptic message written by their
America, now and for- beauty of technology and victory celebration. and Greek) by blood on blood, witnessing
ever, 11 September and architecture to kill about Along with other digni- that day. against the cruelty of
6 October have both be- 7000 persons from 62 taries, he was on the brothers and the failure
come days of war and countries and almost viewing stand of the The New Abel in Egypt of humanity. These mes-
peace, reconciliation every religion on earth. military parade. We and America sages are still resound-
and enmity, grace and This destruction
ing in heaven as St.
wickedness, martyrdom proved that America,
Paul declares of
and murder, manifesta- the breadbasket that
feeds much of the Abel, he died, but
tion of most noble hu-
world and the land through his faith he
manity and darkest evil
of opportunity, is still speaking-
spirit.
could also be a land Heb 11:4. Finally,
11 September is the
of opportunity to do both men had their
Feast of The Martyrs,
celebrated by Egypts evil. shed blood crying
Two leaders of the Christian conservative movement in the United indigenous Christians, Similarly, on 6 in the wilderness
States, Mr. Pat Robertson and Rev. Jerry Falwell drew a lot of negative the Copts, since the October 1981, Presi- and to the highest of
remarks and a scathing ad placed by TomPaine.com in the New York Times. fourth century, and now dent Sadat of Egypt, all heavens as God
In the ad, placed in the Op-Ed page, there was a picture of Jerry the visionary leader spoke to Cain, The
by the Coptic Church
Falwell and Pat Robertson with the title American Taliban. A statement of the 1973 victory voice of your broth-
at the bottom said, We neednt look halfway around the world for intoler-
worldwide. It is also the
Coptic New Year ac- and the shrewd co- ers blood cries out
ance and zealotry. We have them right here at home. to Me from the
cording to the Calendar author of the 1979
What prompted this ad, is a statement made by the Rev. Jerry Falwell ground- Gen.
of the Martyrs, Anno peace accord, was
while he appeared on the Christian television program The 700 Club, hosted 4:10.
by pat Robertson. Martyrum, which starts assassinated by the
at the year 284 AD, the same terrorist party These parallels
Two days after the September 11 attacks, Falwell while talking with the between the
host, Mr. Robertson, and expressing their sorrow over the death and de- enthronement of Em- that he released from
struction, Falwell made the following comments:
DID YOU KNOW THAT peror Diocletian, the prison in 1971 to martyria of the
The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will most vicious persecutor combat his socialist righteous Abel and
not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we of Christians. opponents. Even H.G. Anba Samuel
make God mad. I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and 6 October is a day of more ironic is that can be applied with
the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make national pride and cel- one of Sadats assas- variations to the
that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way - all ebration in Egypt. On 6 sins became the sus- thousands of inno-
of them have tried to secularize America - I point the finger in their face and October 1973, the Egyp- pected chief archi- cent victims of the
say, You helped this happen. The host Mr. Robertson said he totally agreed tian armies made history tect of the 11 Sep- 11 September trag-
with Mr. Falwell. by crossing the Suez Ca- tember tragedy in the edy in America, and
Mr. Falwell comments did not sit well with many people. President nal and seizing the Bar- USA. Also ironical is to Adel Sarkis
Bush was displeased and he called the remarks inappropriate. So, the Lev Line in Sinai. The the fact that the fin- Karas, the Copt
next week both Robertson and Falwell took back their comments. The Chris- heroic military opera- anciers, planners and who was killed in
tian Broadcasting Network released a statement calling Falwells remarks tion succeeded in liber- trainers of this and earlier Los Angeles in a hate
severe and harsh in tone and, frankly, not fully understood. Jerry Falwell ating part of the home- tragedies came from the may never know if he The dove of peace, the crime connected to the
appeared on the TV program Good Morning America and apologized. land from foreign occu- ranks of al-Mugahidine, was killed intentionally gracious Bishop Samuel, national tragedy. We
pation that had lasted six whom America sup- or by stray fire. But, is the modern represen- trust that through the
years. The state of war ported during the 1980s judging by the many tation of the righteous witness of their blood,
between Egypt and Is- to combat her communist bullets in his body, the Abel killed by his older the worlds conscience
rael ended by a Frame- enemies in Afghanistan. safety of all around him, brother Cain. Both were will be awakened to
work for Peace signed the hate campaign innocent victims of evil. conquer evil by good,
To your health by the two nations in The Martyria of Bishop against Coptic clergy During their lifetimes, and that people of all
Camp David USA on 17 Samuel triggered earlier, and the both raised offerings and faiths and nationalities
September 1978. A man full of grace, hundreds of Christian sacrifices that were ac- will unite in their com-
But envy and other Anba Samuel (1920- Copts killed by terror- cepted by God. At their mitment to cherish and
evils brought grief and 1981), the Coptic Bishop ists in Egypt since then, death, their souls and respect our common hu-
darkness to the glorious of Social and Ecumeni- it is highly probable that bodies became a living manity and the sanctity
day of 11 September. cal Services, was killed Bishop Samuel was sin-
A new procedure allows women sacrifice, holy and again of life.

to escape infertility
From the world of medicine
The Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association (JAMA) in its issue of
September 26, 2001 reported on a new
procedure that can save many women
from surgically- induced infertility.
When gambling becomes a bad bet
The procedure is new and experimen- - Restlessness and irrita- than the general adult gambling, the first step
tal, therefore uncovered by health in- By: Dr. Laila S. Farid, U.K. bility when trying to in getting help is to ad-
population.
surance, but many young women will
stop gambling. mit you have a problem
welcome the chance it offers them to
have their own children in the future. - Lying to family mem- Effects of pathological and make a commitment
Many people en- ria for pathological gam- bers and friends to con- to do something about it.
The new procedure sounds like sci- gambling
joy buying a lottery bling share similari- A consultation with a
ence fiction. Doctors remove a pa- Some of the
tients organ from its original place, ticket or making a bet ties with those for doctor to get a profes-
consequences of
transplant it in a different body part and on a sporting event. But drug dependence, sional gambling treat-
pathological
get it to function in its new environ- if gambling gets out of including symp- ment, is a good place to
gambling are:
ment. In this case, the organ is the control, it can result in toms of tolerance start.
- Financial prob-
ovary and the new host body part is pathological gambling, and withdrawal, di- Additional re-
the arm. lems that in-
a disorder that shares minished control crease with sources are available
Until now, women with cancer or se- many symptoms with and relinquishing time. through: Gamblers
rious blood disorders have had to
choose between lifesaving treatments and preserving their fertility. Such drug abuse and can of important activi- - Problems with Anonymous Interna-
lifesaving treatments as radiation or chemotherapy destroy cancerous cells have devastating ef- ties. Characteristics marriage and tional Service Office
but they also permanently impair the ovaries causing women who undergo fects. Pathological of pathological www.gamblersanonymous.org
friendship.
them to become infertile. gambling was first in- gambling include: For family mem-
- Loss of job,
What the doctors did was remove the healthy ovaries, freeze them (in cluded in the Diagnos- - Preoccupation bers and friends of peo-
order to preserve their function), and after the women were done with their
educational or
tic and Statistical with gambling - ple with gambling prob-
treatments, the ovaries were transplanted in the arm under the skin just above career opportu-
Manual of Mental Dis- reliving past gam- lems: Gam- Anon. Inter-
the elbow. This type of transplant which just relocates the organ from one nity.
orders in 1980. bling experience, national Service Office
place to another within the same persons body is called auto-transplanta- - Legal prob-
planning the next www.gam-anon.org
tion. Auto-transplantation has a very important advantage over transplants lems as a result
What is gambling? Although no ap-
from a donor - it omits the need to use immunosuppressive drugs needed to bet, or figuring out of committing
stop the recipients body from rejecting the donated organ. Gambling is proved drug treatment
ways to get money illegal acts such
Auto-transplantation of ovarian tissue could be done for women with placing something of currently exists, encour-
for gambling. as forgery,
cancer, blood disorders, and auto-immune diseases such as lupus that often value at risk with the aging data are emerging
- Needing more fraud, embez-
require chemotherapy treatments that harm the ovaries. Other beneficiaries hope of gaining some- from investigations into
frequent and big- zlement or theft
are women who must have their ovaries removed due to conditions like be-
thing of greater value. pharmacological treat-
nign cysts and endometriosis. The number of women who might benefit from ger bets, in order to finance gam- ments for pathological
ovarian transplantation is estimated at 70,000 to 80,000. New gambling to achieve the desired ex- ceal the problem. bling. gambling. Future stud-
Women who have had the ovarian auto-transplants were happily sur- forms, such as internet citement. - Breaking the law to fi- - Pathological gamblers ies are needed to inves-
prised to see how their transplanted ovaries started to function. They noticed gambling maybe more - Trying to win back nance gambling habit. have high suicide rates tigate the long-term out-
how the ovary transplanted on the forearm grew and shrunk at different times habit-forming given losses. and tend to drink alcohol
of the monthly cycle.
comes of pharmacologi-
their greater rapidity of - Gambling is a way of At-risk population and abuse drugs more cal, behavioral and com-
Since the procedure is new, we havent witnessed any pregnancies re- action and ability to be escaping from problems In addition to than other people. bination (pharmaco-
sult from these transplanted ovaries. The procedure would be to extract the
used in isolation. or of relieving feelings of adolescents, adults in logical/behavioral)
egg from the arm and use it for in vitro fertilization. If the womans uterus is
healthy, the fertilized embryo may be implanted in the patients womb. If the anxiety or depression. mental health and sub- Help is available treatments for patho-
uterus is not sound, a woman could choose to have a surrogate carry the child. Characteristics of - Inability to stop gam- stance abuse treatment If you gamble and logical gambling.
pathological gambling bling despite repeated at- have higher rates of are experiencing symp- (source: JAMA,
Diagnostic crite- tempts to do so. pathological gambling toms of pathological July 11, 2001)