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Egypt's largest church and mosque to be built at new capital: Sisi
The Copts I know are in tears of joy over this. This is how Egypt used to be, they say. Not long ago a non-observant Muslim Egyptian-American in his fifties was telling me stories of his youth in Cairo, of hanging out in his Christian friends' houses and they in his, of going with them to worship in the cathedral out of curiosity, and they joining him at the mosque for the same reason, of sharing one another's holiday celebrations.
[AlAhram] Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi announced on Friday the building of what will be the largest church and the largest mosque in Egypt at the new capital by the coming year, and that he will be the first to donate money for the project.

El-Sisi made the announcement on Friday evening while visiting the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo for Coptic Christmas celebrations, which were attended by the Coptic Pope Tawadros II.

The president also apologised for the delay in the rebuilding of all the churches that were torched following the ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in 2013.

However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
 President El-Sisi assured that with the exception of one church in Upper Egypt and one in Sinai, all the churches damaged in the attacks have been rebuilt.

He also stressed that the Pope did not broach the subject of the damaged churches, "although it is his right to do so."

The Egyptian president asserted that diversity and differences between people were created by God and should be respected.

"Only beauty has a place among us, ugliness has no place here," he said.

"Egypt will export good and light with all our help, we shall teach the region and the world love, peace, stability and security. Egypt will be great if we all deal [with each other] with honor, loyalty and peace," the president said.

"As I stand in one of God's houses, I pray for God to save you and save Egypt, and keep peace and stability in our country," El-Sisi concluded.

This is the third time El-Sisi has paid an official visit to the Coptic Cathedral.

Last month, a jacket wallah killed 28 people and injured over 40 others at a Cairo church during Sunday prayers.
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-08
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