Saudi Crown Prince Visits Christian Cathedral in Egypt, Meets with Coptic Pope
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is steadily making his way westward in a “charm offensive” intended to convince political leaders and investors across the world that his country is modernizing, liberalizing, and becoming a stable home for foreign capital after a bit of turbulence early in his reign.His stop in Egypt included the first-ever visit by a Saudi royal to a Coptic Christian cathedral, specifically St. Mark’s in Cairo, where he met with Coptic Pope Tawadros II on Monday.
The sheer visual power of the meeting between MBS, as he is often called, and Tawadros set the Internet on fire:
Not only is it uncommon to see the future (and, in many eyes, currently the effective) ruler of Saudi Arabia sitting beneath a huge icon of Jesus and looking quite happy to be there, but St. Mark’s was the scene of a horrible terrorist bombing at the end of 2016, part of the Islamic State’s campaign to purge Christians from Egypt.
“The Gulf Arab kingdom is trying to shed its reputation as a global exporter of an ultra-conservative brand of Islam which critics say has inspired Islamist militants worldwide. Promoting a more moderate form of Islam is one of the more ambitious promises made by Prince Mohammed under plans to transform Saudi and reduce its reliance on oil,” Reuters explains.
The Egyptian Christian community supported President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi when he deposed the Muslim Brotherhood’s President Mohamed Morsi but later grew restless as Sisi had difficulty protecting Christians from extremist attacks. Crown Prince Mohammed’s visit to St. Mark’s Cathedral is bound to shore up Sisi’s standing with the Christian community as he heads into a frankly dubious election this month—an electoral ritual he will certainly win, since every credible opponent decided to drop out of the race, but weak turnout would be embarrassing. READ MORE
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