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18. Leaders of the Hanging Church refuse to meet al-Barād‘ī

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Year: 
2010
Week: 
22
Article number: 
18
Article pages: 
1
Date of source: 
May 31, 2010
Author: 
Ahmad Al-Sukkarī and ‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha‘bān
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Article summary: 
This article deals with the incidence of al-Barād‘ī visiting some of the historical and religious sights in Old Cairo.
Article full text: 
The leaders of the Hanging Church in Old Cairo ignored the visit to the church on May 30 by Muhammad Al-Barād‘ī, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
 
Al-Barād‘ī visited the church, the Coptic Museum, and the local synagogue, but the leaders of the Church refused to meet him without providing a reason.
 
 Father Ya‘qūb Kamāl, Pastor of the Hanging Church, announced that Al-Barād‘ī's visit to the church was an ordinary one, the same as a visit by any citizen at any time.
 
He said that it is not necessary that the pastor meet visitors to the church, on the grounds that it is a historic site visited by many people.
 
Kamāl pointed out that the pastor meets someone only upon instructions from a Church official.
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