A delegation from the Egyptian Coptic Christian Church, headed by Aswan Bishop Hedra, today visited Aswan's governor Mustafa al-Sayed to congratulate him on the occasion of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. The governor stressed the need to achieve cooperation between all Egyptians regardless of their religion, underlining the importance of confronting attempts to divide the people and destabilize the country. “Egypt needs moderate religious dialogue to restore its position,” he added. There are discussions underway aimed at holding reconciliation sessions between Muslims and Christians of Marinab to rebuild the destroyed church, which sparked sectarian tension, Youm7 learned. Chief of the Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi order the reconstruction of the church after his meeting with Coptic Pope Shenouda III. Meanwhile, the Aswan governor took a tour of Aswan hospitals to congratulate patients on Eid al-Adha.
