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Although most of Egypt presently follows Islam, a 10 million member remnant<ref>http://www.copts.com/english1/index.php/who-are-the-copts/church-history/</ref> of the Coptic Church persists to this day in Egypt.  Due to radical Islam, persecution of the Coptic Church has increased in recent years and the percentage of Coptics adherents as a percentage of the population is shrinking.  

Although most of Egypt presently follows Islam, a 10 million member remnant<ref>http://www.copts.com/english1/index.php/who-are-the-copts/church-history/</ref> of the Coptic Church persists to this day in Egypt.  Due to radical Islam, persecution of the Coptic Church has increased in recent years and the percentage of Coptics adherents as a percentage of the population is shrinking.  

On March 30, 2008 London Security forces ordered a "body search" for the Coptic Pope before boarding a flight to Egypt.<ref>http://geoconger.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/pope-strip-search-row-cen-42508-p-6/</ref> The intervention of an Egyptian diplomat prevented a full strip and body cavity search. It is unknown if the security forces who tried to conduct a "body search" had any [[Muslim]] ties.

On March 30, 2008 London Security forces ordered a "body search" for the Coptic Pope before boarding a flight to Egypt.<ref>http://geoconger.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/pope-strip-search-row-cen-42508-p-6/</ref> The intervention of an Egyptian diplomat prevented a full strip and body cavity search.

The Coptic Pope says other Churches were wrong to exonerate the Jews for the Crucifixion of Christ and states his belief that the [[New Testament]] shows that Jews were responsible for The Crucifixion."<ref>http://geoconger.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/row-over-coptic-leaders-anti-semitic-call-cen-51807-p-6/</ref>  

The Coptic Pope says other Churches were wrong to exonerate the Jews for the Crucifixion of Christ and states his belief that the [[New Testament]] shows that Jews were responsible for The Crucifixion."<ref>http://geoconger.wordpress.com/2007/05/20/row-over-coptic-leaders-anti-semitic-call-cen-51807-p-6/</ref>