First Christmas for Egypt Copts under Islamist rule
Written by Najib

 

 

CAIRO: Egypt's minority Coptic Christians celebrate on Monday their first Christmas under Islamist rule and amid a climate of fear and uncertainty for their future. "I do not really feel safe," says Ayman Ramzi, who feels his community threatened by the rise of Islamists in the world's biggest Sunni Arab nation. He was summarising the growing feeling of insecurity in Egypt where Copts, the largest and one of the oldest Christian community in the Middle East, will attend midnight mass later Sunday ahead of Christmas. President Mohamed Mursi, who hails from the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, has pledged to be the "president of all Egyptians." [Link]