Hailed as a saviour for overthrowing an
Islamist president, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi can count on the vote of Egypt's Coptic Christians who
view him as a
bulwark against fundamentalists. The
Copts are the Middle East's largest religious mi**rity, and have long suffered sectarian violence that culminated in attacks on churches by supporters of ousted
Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last year. The Islamists have been crushed following Morsi's overthrow by the army in July. Many of the Christians hope Sisi, the leading candidate in the May 26-27 election, will keep it that way.
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