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Egyptian anti-goverment demonstrators wave Egyptian flags at Cairo’s Tahrir Square on February 10, 2011 on the 17th day of protests against President Hosni Mubarak’s regime. Thousands more Egyptian demonstrators joined a mounting tide of protest against Mubarak’s regime despite stark threats of a government crackdown. (PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images)
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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
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...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’s Christians Must Stay
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...Caption:
A Facebook page portraying Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi in an astronaut suit as part of an ongoing campaign for Mursi to win a trip to space in a competition sponsored by a deodorant manufacturer in Cairo. (AFP)
Mursi Pushes Elections Forward
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi has brought forward the start of parliamentary elections to April 22, in an effort to defuse a row with Egypt’s Christian minority, who said the schedule would conflict with their Easter celebrations. The decision...Caption:
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi speaks during a news conference with Turkish President Abdullah Gul (not pictured) after their meeting at Presidential Palace “Qasr Al Quba” in Cairo February 7, 2013. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)