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You can remove the ads by paying a per minute charge of 1.7¢… but, I’m cheap, so I just listen to the 20 second commercial. I installed the Whistle Phone app on the iPad and can now call anyone in the continental US (sorry Alaska and Hawaii) for free! Actually, I do have to listen to a 15-20 second commercial whenever I dial out, but for a free service, I can deal with that. Well, as of yesterday, I might not need to use my smart phone to make calls either. Critics argued the law did nothing to ease previous restrictions.I have to say that since I got my iPad, I’ve used my smart phone less and less for its “smart features” and normally just use it as a cell phone. In 2016, President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s government issued the country’s first law spelling out the rules for building a church. The limits on new church construction have led many congregations to convert residential buildings into places of worship. He blamed government restrictions on new church construction and urged authorities in Muslim-majority Egypt to move existing small churches to new locations or allow them to expand to accommodate growing numbers. It was recognizable as a church only by a sign above its front door, and an iron cross on its roof.Ĭoptic Christian Pope Tawadros II said the church, like many others, is too small for the number of congregants it serves. The Martyr Abu Sefein Church was in a 120 square-meter (1,290 square-foot) space in a four-story converted apartment building that looks like other residential buildings in the crowded neighborhood constructed largely without planning or permits.

She soon learned that victims were being brought to a nearby hospital.Īlthough officials ruled out arson, the fire - one of the deadliest in Egypt in many years - raised a barrage of questions about the emergency response system, fire safety codes and restrictions on building houses of worship for one of the Middle East’s largest Christian communities. He told her that he had heard there was a fire at Abu Sefein and that their oldest sister, Magda Habeib, and her daughters were there. On the morning of the fire, she said she was on her way to work when she received a phone call from her brother.

Habeib lives in Shubra, another densely populated, working-class district in Cairo. The generator, they said, caught fire when the current returned after a blackout that morning. Health authorities said the casualties were a result of smoke inhalation and a stampede as people tried to escape.Īccording to prosecutors, the fire was ignited by a short-circuit in the building’s generator, a backup source of power, which the church used during regular outages. Sixteen people were also injured, including four police officers and residents involved in the rescue effort. The blaze erupted at the Martyr Abu Sefein Coptic Christian Orthodox Church in the neighborhood of Imbaba, one of Egypt’s most densely populated areas. “Our solace is that they went to heaven together as they liked to be together in life,” Habeib said of her relatives, tears streaming down her face. The most recent tragedy brought a flood of sympathy from around the country. A minority in Egypt, Coptic Orthodox Christians have faced deadly attacks by Islamic extremists, restrictions on church building and outbursts of sectarian-motivated violence in recent decades. The Coptic Christian community is one of the world’s oldest, and no stranger to sadness. IMBABA, Egypt (AP) - For Mariam Habeib, the grief seems never ending: She lost her older sister, two nieces and a niece’s three young children in an intense fire that engulfed a church in Egypt’s capital during a recent service and killed 41 people.

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