Arab West Report Egyptian press summaries and media research for dialogue

 

The author comments on the Coptic youth movement that voiced Coptic claims, and he differentiates between these movements and those clergymen who court the regime and the nominee of the National Party, Jamāl Mubārak. The author mentions the comments of Copts concerning the Pope’s announcement of his support for Jamāl Mubārak. All these comments deny the interference of the Church in politics, and call on clergymen not to impose a specific nominee on Copts. The commentators believe that religious institutions, such as the Church and the Azhar, should stay away form politics and encourage their followers to freely elect whomever they want. Some Copts do not accept the use of the religious occasions as political occasions, where the church courts the regime and public personalities.