Egypt names first-ever Christian head of country’s top court
Cairo, EgyptAP Egypt’s President on Wednesday swore in the first-ever Coptic Christian to head the country’s highest court. Judge Boulos Fahmy is the 19th person to preside over the Supreme Constitutional Court since it was established in 1969. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi picked the 65-year-old Fahmy from among the court’s five oldest of 15 sitting […]
Egypt’s parliamentary vote likely to tighten leader’s grip
Cairo, EgyptAP Egyptians cast ballots Saturday in the first stage of the country’s parliamentary election, a vote which is highly likely to produce a toothless lower chamber packed with supporters of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. The election took place place as the Arab world’s most populous country faces a slight increase in coronavirus cases, with authorities […]
EGYPT: CHRISTIANS KEY TO SUPPORT FOR EL-SISSI IN UPCOMING ELECTION
JACOB WIRTSCHAFFER and MINA NADER, of Religion News Service, report…