CWNes.com - The leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church has apologized for a colleague’s public statement that some passages in the Qu’ran are incorrect. Coptic Bishop Bishoy had drawn angry protests from Muslims by saying that the Qu’ran, in its treatment of Jesus, is wrong. Bishop Bishoy, who is the second-ranking figure in the Coptic Church, said that passages in the Qu’ran that denied the divinity of Jesus might have been inserted after the death of Muhammad.
Pope Shenouda III said that the bishop’s statements had been “inappropriate,” and that debates on religious beliefs are unwise. “I am sorry if our Muslim brothers’ feelings were hurt,” said the Coptic leader, adding “we are the ones who are guests, since Muslims are the majority.”
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