Posted on 03/09/2018 6:18:11 PM PST by marshmallow
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Coptic Pope Tawadros II at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral on Monday in what state media said was an unprecedented visit by an official from the conservative Muslim kingdom.
The visit was part of a three-day stay in Egypt for Prince Mohammed, his first public trip abroad since he became heir apparent last year. He will head for Britain and the United States later this month.
Cairo and Riyadh have strengthened ties in recent years and Egypt has received billions of dollars in aid from its rich Gulf Arab ally. The two countries on Sunday set up a $10 billion joint fund to develop a planned mega-city.
Prince Mohammed and Pope Tawadros walked together through St Mark’s Cathedral late on Monday, footage on Saudi TV channel al-Arabiya showed. Egypt’s state news agency MENA said it was the first visit of its kind, without elaborating.
The Gulf Arab kingdom is trying to shed its reputation as a global exporter of an ultra-conservative brand of Islam which critics say has inspired Islamist militants worldwide. Promoting a more moderate form of Islam is one of the more ambitious promises made by Prince Mohammed under plans to transform Saudi and reduce its reliance on oil.
Egypt has suffered from Islamist extremist violence in recent years, including attacks on churches often claimed by the ultra-violent Islamic State group. A bombing next to St Mark’s Cathedral killed at least 25 people in December 2016.
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Is this the younger guy that there seems to be some hope for?
This is not Pope Frankie, btw, but the Coptic pope.
“Pope” was derived from a Greek word meaning bishop or patriarch.
Is this the Saudi prince who rebuilt the Coptic church his fellow Islamist burnt down ?
No, he seems to be a really good candidate for the Anti-Christ, but, hey, we’ll be gone by then.
“The visit was part of a three-day stay in Egypt for Prince Mohammed, his first public trip abroad since he became heir apparent last year. He will head for Britain and the United States later this month.”
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DISINFO......he was in Las Vegas not too long ago,....something about a little Saudi war on American soil and a running gun battle all the way to the airport....
Reminds me of the Rodney Dangerfield bit about when Frank Sinatra saved his life.
“That Frank Sinatra is a great guy, you know. Great guy. Frank saved my life once. I was in this alley in Las Vegas and these four guys were beating me up. Then a door opened and Frank Sinatra stepped out, and said ‘He’s had enough’”...
I’ll be gone before any of that.
My worry isn’t the anti christ or the rapture.
It’s clogged arteries, high blood pressure, high cholesorol and this big gut!!
If I was 20 years younger and in good health, I’d be more concerned with the other things :)
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