Posted on 11/04/2018 9:08:32 PM PST by MtnClimber
In Egypt, the president appoints the governors of the country’s provinces. This practice began with President Nasser after the end of the kings’ era. Last month President Al-Sisi appointed two Christian governors to two principally Christian provinces — the highest concentration of Christians in all of rural Egypt — located in Upper Egypt and West Egypt. This is monumental in a country where Islamic sectarianism dictates politics.
When Al-Sisi took office in 2013 for a four-year term, he immediately appointed new governors, all Muslim, for each of the 27 provinces, as did his predecessors — Mubarak, Sadat, and Nasser. Now in the beginning of his second term, Al-Sisi replaced two of his original governors at the end of their six-year terms with two Christians — the first time in modern history that some all-Christian towns would have a Christian administration. However, there was one earlier unsuccessful attempt at this by Egypt’s military interim government (SCAF) in 2012 after Mubarak was ousted.
This has inspired an outpouring of positive enthusiasm from Egypt’s Coptic community bringing hope and optimism where disappointment and anger was mounting against the Al-Sisi government by many. It remains to be seen as of yet if any opposition will come from the Muslim community and if their terror elements will respond with violence.
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A good thing if violence does not overcome it.
Al-Sisi saved Egypt’s Christians from an Obama-sponsored genocide
Hard to imagine, but it sure seems the most likely.
How long before these Christians get assassinated?
I wonder how Obama feels about it....
Thanks MtnClimber.
Nice...very nice...
When I visited Egypt (I think it was in 2013) our Coptic Christian guide told us that after income from the Suez Canal, tourism was Egypt’s 2nd biggest source of income. I think their President is smart enough to take advantage of promoting tourism with this good will guesture to the Christians.
Beat me to it.
President Sisi
BUMP!
Yes, al Sisi did. FACT.
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