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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gives an address after the gunmen attack in Minya, at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, May 26, 2017 REUTERS
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Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a Friday Mass at the Virgin Mary church on May 16, 2014 in Cairo’s Road al-Farag district (AFP Photo/VIRGINIE NGUYEN HOANG)
Saudi Arabia Strongly Condemns Armed Attack against Coptic Christians in Egypt
An official source at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s strong condemnation of the armed attack in Minya province in Egypt, killing and wounding dozens of innocent people, said the Saudi state-run news agency SPA....Caption:
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (2nd R) talks next to Coptic Pope Tawadros II as he attends Christmas Eve Mass at St. Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope in Cairo, on January 6, 2015. (Reuters/ Al-Yawm Al-Saba’a Newspaper)
Sisi makes historic Christmas visit to St. Mark’s Cathedral
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi visited the country’s main Coptic cathedral in Cairo on Tuesday evening to attend its Christmas celebrations, becoming the first Egyptian head of state to visit the cathedral to mark the occasion. Sisi...Caption:
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: Church threatens to reject constitution
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Coptic Church has threatened to reject Egypt’s new draft constitution over the terminology used to describe Christians and Jews, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. A member of the 50-member constitution drafting committee, speaking to Asharq...Caption:
An Egyptian supporter of the April 6 movement with a toytank on his head holds a cross and Islam’s Holy book Koran outside the Superior Court building during a demonstration to mark the anniversary of the Muslim brotherhood movement’s establishment in Cairo on April 6, 2013.(AFP)