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12. In The National Unity Breakfast [iftar of Ramadan, first meal eaten by sunset]. Al-Azhar Sheikh: The Fasting of Muslims with the Fasting of Copts is a Gift from God... and Pope Shenouda requests Help for Chechnya. Atef Ebeid’s Breakfast is Beans

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Year: 
1999
Week: 
52
Article number: 
12
Date of source: 
December 25-31, 1999
Author: 
H&#803asan ‘Abd al-Fattah&#803
Article summary: 

Pope Shenouda III invited several government and Muslim dignitaries amongst others to the National Unity Breakfast hosted by himself at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral this week. One of the guests, Dr. Sayyed Tantawi, Sheikh of Al-Azhar congratulated Muslims and Christians on the incidence of having the fasting periods of the two religions at the same time. He said, "It is a gift from God that the month of fasting for Muslims comes with the fasting period of our Coptic brothers". Pope Shenouda asked all nations to support Chechnya that is suffering from major injustice.

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Dr. Sayyed Tantawi, Sheikh of Al-Azhar congratulated Muslims and Christians on the incidence of having the fasting periods of the two religions together. [Eastern Orthodox Christians fast for 43 days (from November 25) before celebrating Christmas on January 7. This year Muslims started the Ramadan fast on December 9] He said, "It is a gift from God that the month of fasting for Muslims comes with the fasting period of our Coptic brothers". Pope Shenouda asked all nations to support Chechnya that is suffering from major injustice.



Pope Shenouda invited all the guests to the national unity breakfast to a breakfast party held in the [Coptic Orthodox] Cathedral this week. Among the guests to the national unity breakfast was Dr. Atef Ebeid, the Prime Minister who came a few minutes late after the breaking of the fast. He said, "Sorry, for being late because of traffic and the jamming of cars on [the Sixth of] October Bridge". The Prime Minister asked for beans with lemon and baladi bread. He refused to eat turkey or lamb meat. Pope Shenouda asked for a dish of fish because of fasting.



Dr. Fathi Sorour came, and requested - as soon as he entered the hall of the Infantry House - the turning off the air-conditioning as he had a cold.



Dr. Mustafa Kamal Helmi, President of Governmental Consultative Council; Dr. Nasr Farid Wassel, Mufti of the Republic [of Egypt]; Dr. Atef Sidki, former prime minister; General Hitler Al-Tantawi, President of the Administrative Supervisory Authority; Counselor Maher Abdel Wahed, State Prosecutor; General Ihab Olwi, President of the General Mobilization and Statistics Authority; Dr. Ali El-Samman, President of the Religions Dialogue Committee; Dr. Hamdi Zaqzouq, Minister of Religious Endowments; Dr. Soufi Abu Taleb, former president of People’s Assembly, and a large number of ministers and public characters attended the breakfast party. Many of the former [parliament] ministers were invited but did not come although there was a large table with their names on it.

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