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Pope Tawadrus II, born Wajīh Subhī Bāqī on November 4, 1952, grew up in the governorate of Sohag. He later moved to the city of Damanhūr, al-Beheira governorate, in 1961 and in 1975 graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacology, Alexandria University.
He said that there are some “small” problems but it is not up to the level of “fitnah” (sedition), adding President Mursī is aware that each and every people has its own governing values that some might differ with but they must be respected after all. 
General ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense and Military Production, and Lt. General Sidqī Subhī, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, sent congratulatory cables to Pope Tawadrus II and wished His Eminence success in buttressing national unity.
President Muhammad Mursī has reiterated that all Egyptians enjoy the same rights and duties and that there is no Christian minority in Egypt, said presidential spokesman Yāsir ‘Alī, commenting on U.S. President Barack Obama’s statements on Copts’ rights in Egypt. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām,...
Abū Islām, prior to referral to the court, said he meant to insult U.S. Pastor Terry Jones, who called for a so-called Qur’ān Burning Day, back.
North Sinai Governor Major General ‘Abd al-Fattāh Harhūr, after a tense meeting with the Copts in the border governorate, refused to allow them to leave the city under the pretext that there should be no succumbing to the terrorists.
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius named the 12 children that will enter in a lot to pick one of them that will in turn pick one of three pieces of paper to announce the name of the 118th pope to succeed late Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March 2012.
Bishop Bula, the spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said gate no. 1 of the Saint Mark Cathedral will be devoted for the entry of bishops, monks and nuns and no. 2 for the entry of Christian leaders from other denominations, archons and members of the Lay Council.
Egypt’s top census official revealed that Egyptian Christians are 5.130 million. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Sept. 26, p. 2] Read original text in Arabic
The sacred lot, which will be the decisive step in naming the new pope, dates back to the days of Jesus, according to Dr. Rasmī 'Abd al-Malik Rustum, a member of the Lay Council and the papal nominations committee and former dean of the Coptic Studies Institute. 

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