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Egypt's Christian leader lashes out at government

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 09:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, July 22, 2012 file photo released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, left, meets with the minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hesham Kandil, at the Presidential Palace in Cairo. Egypt's Islamist president is to swear in a new Cabinet as tensions rise over the country's tenuous security, recent sectarian violence and popular discontent over issues such as widespread water and power outages. The U.S.-educated Kandil will announce the Cabinet lineup on Thursday before he and his ministers are sworn in by Morsi. (AP Photo/Ahmed Mourad, Egyptian Presidency, File)The acting leader of Egypt's Coptic Church on Saturday criticized the new government sworn in by Islamist President Mohammed Morsi for what he said was an "unfair" representation of Christians that ignores their rights as citizens.

Egypt's Christian leader slams "unfair" new cabinet

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 08:45 AM PDT

Muslim Brotherhood's President-elect Mohamed Mursi meeting with Egyptian Coptic Bishop Bakhomious at his office in the Presidency, in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new government fails to fairly represent Christians, the acting head of the Coptic church said on Saturday, saying one cabinet seat was not enough to reflect a community that accounts for a tenth of the Muslim country's population. Islamist President Mohamed Mursi appointed his first cabinet on Thursday that drew heavily on career bureaucrats and included three Islamist politicians, one of whom was given the politically sensitive post of education minister. ...

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