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Egypt: U.S. Ambassador in Cairo Calls for Egypt Legislation on Copts

Al Masry al Youm and MEMRI have reported on a meeting between U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Margaret Scobey and Coptic Church Patriarch Shinoda, where the recent terrorist attack against Coptic Christians in Nag Hammadi was discussed.  The reports do not mention any specific concerns by the U.S. government about the killings and abductions of Copts, other than “discussion” on the Nag Hammadi terror attack. The reports did state that “U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Margaret Scobey promised that the U.S. administration would compel the Egyptian government to pass legislation for the Coptic minority, such as a law arranging for church construction, or even top posts and allocation of seats for Copts in parliament.”

MEMRI: Egypt: U.S. Ambassador in Cairo: We’ll Act To Help The Copts
MEMRI reports: “During a meeting with Coptic Church Patriarch Shinoda, U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Margaret Scobey promised that the U.S. administration would compel the Egyptian government to pass legislation for the Coptic minority, such as a law arranging for church construction, or even top posts and allocation of seats for Copts in parliament.”
Scobey, Shenouda discuss Naga Hammadi
— Al Masry al Youm: “According to a source at the papal office, Scobey and Shenouda also discussed the 7 January shooting incident in the Upper Egyptian city of Naga Hammadi, in which six Coptic Christians and one Muslim were killed.”

Margaret Scobey, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt (Photo: U.S. Cairo Embassy)

Margaret Scobey, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt (Photo: U.S. Cairo Embassy)