Maspero Coptic Group expresses worry of an Islamist Dominated Parliament

After parliamentary elections results revealed that Islamists, embodied in the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafist Nour Party, won 78 per cent of parliament, the Maspero group has written a letter questioning what the position of Egypt’s Coptic minority would be.

The letter, addressed to “the respectable majority in the first parliament after the revolution,” begins “we approach you with all respect although you never once respected us.”

Expressing discontent with the election results, the letter asks the Islamists whether they will treat Egypt’s Christians as equals and how they intend to deal with Christian women who will not be covering their hair or faces.