As Egyptians of
all factions prepare to demonstrate in mass against the Muslim Brotherhood and
President Morsi’s rule on June 30, the latter has been trying to reduce their
numbers, which some predict will be in the millions and eclipse the Tahrir
protests that earlier ousted Mubarak. Among other influential Egyptians, Morsi
recently called on Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II to urge his flock, Egypt’s
millions of Christians, not to join the June 30 protests.
While that may be
expected, more troubling is that the U.S. ambassador to Egypt is also trying to
prevent Egyptians from protesting—including the Copts. The June 18th edition of
Sadi al-Balad reports that lawyer Ramses Naggar, the Coptic Church’s legal
counsel, said that during Patterson’s June 17 meeting with Pope Tawadros, she
“asked him to urge the Copts not to participate” in the demonstrations against
Morsi and the Brotherhood....To Read More....
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