Originally published in Cisna News Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox church chose a new pope, Tawadros II, in a sumptuous service on Sunday November 5 and Christians hope he will lead them through an Islamist-dominated landscape and protect what is the Middle East’s biggest Christian community, according to Reuters. Christians, who make […]
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Islamists in Egypt blame Christians for voting for old-regime candidate
Originally published in AINA The official results of the first round of the Egyptian presidential elections were announced today, the run-off will be between Mohamed Morsy, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, and Air Marshal Ahmad Shafik, Mubarak’s last PM, who served for less than one month during the revolution and before […]
Baba Shenouda and the future of the Arab World
[notice]Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt’s Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, died on Saturday 17 March 2012. He was 88. The state news agency MENA said Shenouda died after battling with liver and lung problems […]