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Coptic Pope Tawadros II, head of Coptic Orthodox church, gestures during an interview with Reuters in Cairo, April 25, 2013. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih)

Coptic Pope Turns Up the Heat

by Mahmud El Shafey | Apr 27, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Coptic Pope Tawadros II has further stoked sectarian tensions in Egypt by calling the official account of clashes at Cairo’s Saint Mark’s cathedral on April 7 “a pack of lies.” In the first official interview since sectarian clashes erupted in...

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A protestor holds the Koran and a cross as hundreds of Egyptians from different political opposition parties and different religions march towards St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasya.(AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)

Egypt’s Christians Must Stay

by Osman Mirghani | Apr 13, 2013 | Opinion

In the sermon he gave during the funeral mass for the victims of the sectarian clashes that Egypt witnessed last week, Bishop Raphael—who also serves as secretary of the Coptic Church’s Holy Synod—said: “We will not leave Egypt; neither bloodshed nor lack of security...

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File photo of Coptic Pope Tawadros II speaking to the press. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Egypt Pope Rebukes Mursi over Cathedral Siege

by Mahmud El Shafey | Apr 10, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Pope Tawadros II, leader of Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority, has accused Muslim Brotherhood affiliated President Mohamed Mursi of “negligence” following the deadly sectarian clashes that have swept the capital. Pope Tawadros II called a live...