Democracy and Disillusionment: Copts and the Arab Spring

Egypt
Copts
Coptic Church
Muslim-Christian relations

Author: Paul Rowe

Publisher/Publication: Sociology of Islam

Volume/Issue: 2

DOI/ISBN: 10.1163/22131418-00204008

This article examines the aftermath of the Arab uprisings with regards to the Coptic community in Egypt, their relationship with the newly elected government of the Muslim Brotherhood, the rise of the Maspero movement, as well as the factors which led to the support of the new military regime of al-Sisi. In addition, the author focuses on the advent of Pope Tawadros as head of the Coptic Church and the re-establishment of the special relationship with the Egyptian state.