Cairo - Endowment (Awqaf) Minister, Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, condemned Monday's terrorist attack on a security checkpoint in Cairo's suburb of Nasr City that left two officers and a policeman dead, and five others injured, Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported. In statements to (MENA) on Tuesday, the minister said this cowardly terrorist attack is against religion, the homeland, and humanity, adding "It is now time for a comprehensive confrontation on terrorism." The menace of terrorism must be crushed with "an iron fist," he said, stressing the importance of the society's role in busting terrorist cells that destabilize the nation.