Egypt’s Copts on ‘forbidden’ path to Jerusalem, despite vague pilgrimage banAmmar Johmani

The ban on pilgrimage to Jerusalem is associated to the late Pope Shenouda III who objected to the 1979 Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel and refused to accompany Sadat on his visit to Israel.

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