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Cairo, Egypt, Jun 26, 2012 \/ 12:34 am (CNA<\/a>).- The victory speech of newly elected Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has encouraged Coptic Catholic Bishop Joannes Zakaria of Luxor, who expressed optimism about the future despite others\u2019 concerns.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOnce people listened to Mr Morsi\u2019s speech, they were not worried. Things are calmer. The people are waiting to see what he can do in the future,\u201d he told Aid to the Church in Need.<\/p>\n

\tThe bishop said Christians hope he will honor his promises.
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\n\tWhile the Muslim Brotherhood has not lived up to its promises in the past, the bishop said that when a political party is in power with the responsibility of government, it faces a \u201cvery different\u201d situation.<\/p>\n

\tHe added that the narrow margin of Morsi\u2019s victory means that he will not wish to alienate those who voted for his rival.<\/p>\n

\tMorsi won 51.7 of the vote in the June 16-17 elections, \u2013 a margin of 800,000 votes \u2013 over opponent Ahmed Shafiq, former President Hosni Mubarak\u2019s last prime minister.<\/p>\n

\tChristians have feared that the party\u2019s apparent openness masks an Islamist agenda that will be intolerant of them. However, the president-elect said June 24 that Egypt is \u201cfor all Egyptians\u201d and that everyone has equal rights.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe Egyptians, Muslims and Christians, are advocates of civilization and construction,\u201d the president-elect said.<\/p>\n

\tIn Bishop Zakaria\u2019s view, the speech suggested a positive approach to tourism, countering fears that the Muslim Brotherhood would shut it down. He said Christians hope Morsi\u2019s new government will involve all parties, not only the Muslim Brotherhood.<\/p>\n

\tThe Catholic Coptic Church of Egypt advocated a \u201ccivil, democratic and modern state\u201d\u00a0 in its letter of congratulations to President-Elect Morsi.<\/p>\n

\tArchbishop Michael Fitzgerald, the apostolic nuncio in Cairo, told the Missionary International Service News Agency that the Church congratulated the president and hoped that he might be able to lead the country \u201cin the interests of all its children, in order to safeguard the cohesion of the social fabric.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPresident-elect Morsi has said his government will respect international covenants and treaties.<\/p>\n

\tChristians who have voiced concern about the Muslim Brotherhood include Bishop Antionios Mina of Giza, who said last month that the party\u2019s rise is worrisome because of its track record of unfulfilled promises of tolerance to non-Islamist groups.<\/p>\n

\tThe full power of President-elect Morsi might also be diminished.<\/p>\n

\tLast week the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which has been the interim ruler of the country, issued constitutional amendments that stripped the president\u2019s office of most of its major powers. A court has also dissolved Egypt\u2019s Muslim Brotherhood-dominated parliament, which was freely elected.<\/p>\n

\tFr. Raymond J. de Souza, a columnist for the Canadian newspaper The National Post, warned of the possibility of violence and even civil war between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood, with negative consequences for the region, Egypt as a whole, and Christians in particular.<\/p>\n

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