Egypt’s Christian leader lashes out at government

By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press 5/8/2012 CAIRO — The acting leader of Egypt’s Coptic Church on Saturday criticized the new government sworn in by Islamist President Mohammed Morsi for what he said was an “unfair” representation of Christians that ignores their rights as citizens. The comments by Archbishop Pachomius, who represents the majority of the country’s Christians — some 10 percent of a population of 82 million — were published Saturday in the independent daily Al-Shorouk

By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press 5/8/2012 CAIRO — The acting leader of Egypt’s Coptic Church on Saturday criticized the new government sworn in by Islamist President Mohammed Morsi for what he said was an “unfair” representation of Christians that ignores their rights as citizens. The comments by Archbishop Pachomius, who represents the majority of the country’s Christians — some 10 percent of a population of 82 million — were published Saturday in the independent daily Al-Shorouk

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