Coptic Teacher Accused of 'Defaming Islam' Goes on Hunger Strike

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By Mary Abdelmassih

Published on Monday, 13 May 2013 11:24

The latest victim in the series of defamation of Islam accusations against Christians is a Coptic schoolteacher, 24-year-old Ms Demiana Ebeid Abdelnour, who teaches social science at a primary school in Tout, Luxor. Demiana went on hunger strike two days after Luxor prosecution detained her on May 8 for "defamation of Islam." Parents of three school children accused her of defamation of Islam and insulting Mohammad.

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Three Popes at Vatican as Francis Welcomes Head of Egypt’s Copts

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By WP

Published on Sunday, 12 May 2013 09:20

Pope Francis on Friday (May 10) met with Pope Tawadros II, head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, an encounter that brought the number of popes within the Vatican walls to three this week.

Benedict XVI, the emeritus pope, returned to the Vatican on May 2, two months after his resignation, while Tawadros is only the second Coptic pope to visit the Vatican, after the historic visit of Pope Shenouda III to Pope Paul VI in 1973.

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Pope Francis Welcomes Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros

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By Vatican Radio

Published on Sunday, 12 May 2013 09:08

 Pope Francis met on Friday with the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, telling him the future of Egypt and the role of its Christian communities finds a deep echo in the heart of the entire Catholic world.

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Vatican Prepares for Historic Coptic Leader Visit

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By Agence France-Presse

Published on Friday, 10 May 2013 14:23

Coptic Orthodox leader Tawadros II arrived in Rome on Thursday for a historic four-day visit to meet Pope Francis -- a sign of growing rapprochement between the Vatican and the Orthodox world.

The meeting on Friday will be the first between an Egyptian patriarch of Alexandria and a head of the Roman Catholic Church since 1973 when pope Paul VI met with Tawadros' predecessor Shenouda III.

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