Mohamed Morsi to pick woman and Christian as Egypt's vice-presidents

[sherbetjello]

Mohamed Morsi's first appointments as president-elect of Egypt will be a woman and a Coptic Christian, his spokesman has told the Guardian, as he moves to allay fears of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Sameh el-Essawy said that although the names of the two choices had not been finalised, they would be Morsi's two vice-presidents.

When the appointments go through, they will constitute the first time in Egypt's history that either a woman or a Coptic Christian has occupied such an elevated position in the executive branch.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/26/mohamed-morsi-christian-woman-egypt

 

[momtective]

I had no idea what a Coptic Christian was, so I googled and found this informative article.
http://www.gotquestions.org/Coptic-Christianity.html

 

[sherbetjello]

Pretty crazy. We haven't done some of the things this man is doing and he was considered the "boogie man" in the media.