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Source: http://time.com/41663/egypt-christians-sisi/

Egypt's Christians Place Their Faith in Al-Sisi

(TIME) Aryn Baker - The army chief-turned-presidential candidate, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, is the miracle that Egypt's 8 million Christians have been waiting for after weathering an Islamist leadership. When Sisi announced on July 3, 2013, that he had just overthrown President Mohamed Morsi, he was flanked by Egypt's two most important religious leaders, the Grand Sheikh of al Azhar Mosque and Pope Tawadros, head of Egypt's Christian church, united on one stage. Now that Sisi is planning a presidential run, he can count on solid support from a Christian population traumatized by fears of continued communal attacks.

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