Egypt’s President Vows To Protect Christians At All Cost
Egypt’s President Vows To Protect Christians At All Cost Pope Tawadros II (L) led a midnight mass attended by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) As Coptic Christians celebrated Christmas Tuesday, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi commemorated the ties between the Christian minority and Muslims in the Muslim-majority country, saying it has protected them from sectarian strife experienced by its neighbors. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi vowed to protect Egypt’s Coptic Christians, saying that assaults against them is unacceptable. President el-Sisi, who is a practicing Muslim, appeared at the Coptic Christmas Eve Mass on Monday in the nation’s largest church, Nativity of the Christ Cathedral. Last year, Coptic Christians celebrated the opening of the cathedral as a “gift” from el-Sisi in the new administrative capital east of Cairo, which he declared as a “message of peace and love to the world.” “God saw fit for us to live in difficult circumstances,” he to