Pope Tawadros Rips Egypt Pres.on Church Attack; "Church Never Subjected to This in 2,000 Years"

Pope Tawadros II -- head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt -- yesterday accused Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, a radical Muslim,  of negligence in his response to the recent deadly clashes outside Cairo's Coptic cathedral, the Jihad Watch website reports today (April 10, 2013).

Morsi had telephoned Tawadros after last Sunday's violence which saw crowds pelt mourners with stones after they emerged from a funeral service for Coptic Christians who were killed by Muslims. 

Shocking television images showed police fire tear gas at St. Mark's cathedral, which has long complained of discrimination and has been the target of frequent attacks by Muslims.

Pope Tawadros called on Egyptian authorities to take a strong position against such kinds of attacks. He even went so far as to assert: "This flagrant assault on a national symbol, the Egyptian church, has never been subjected to this in 2,000 years."