AJE: Copts
al-Jazeera English ran some rare incisive coverage of Coptic issues in Egypt a few days ago, good questions from the interviewer (notably on the census and church-building) with interesting interventions by Michael Mounir, the prominent US-based Coptic activist. Also discussion of church-issues etc.
That was part 2, you can find part 1 here.
Categories: Egypt, Religion.
8 Responses to “AJE: Copts”
- 1 Pingback on Feb 13th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Coptic demands are quite inconsistent. On the one hand they demand a larger representation in th ehouse of parliment- while on the other hand, they press for writing religon off the i.d card. If Egypt is going to be a fully secualr stae, though I doubt there is such a thing in the entire world, then copts have no right to aske for assigning a specific number of seats to them.
Until Egypt does become fully secular, which realistically will not happen in the near future, Copts have to address the reality of the country and demand more representation to at least account for their percentage of Egypt’s population. 5 members out of four hundred and something is hardly realistic or fair. I do however agree that Copts need to engage in Egypt’s political process for themselves, run for elections, and work within the system to change it, along with the government’s help, not just demand rights alone.
thank you for the post.
may discrimination against copts be stopped.
i wrote a piece on this subject sometime back as well worth sharing here.
http://mysticsaint.blogspot.com/2007/11/stop-discrimination-against-egyptian.html
peace.
There is no discrimination against copts in egypt
None. None at all.
There is no discrimination against copts in egypt?
And this did not happen, I guess
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4366232.stm
and countless other incidents with Copts and Bahai.
You mean, there is no ‘little’ discrimination. The fact is that these people are in grave danger from an ever more radicalized Muslim Egypt.
Many Egyptian blogs have focused on this issue (including Muslims and also here at Global Voices). Good for them!
The situation of the Coptic community in Egypt has also been widely reported in the international press.
http://www.nysun.com/article/31121?page_no=2&access=558301
Muslims need to do some real soul-search about how they treat other people, minority religions , women, gays , etc… where they dominate. When it comes to Islam and human rights, I have seen nothing but hypocrisy from Muslims. Everywhere they dominate, Muslim persecute and oppress other religions.
That’s it for now
Kactuz
PS: I have even written about this..
http://www.kactuzkid.com/copts.html
go to hell with your anti-muslim garbage website
i’ve seen nothing but hypocrisy from the world’s greatest superpower and the EU
just because you managed to find some random single event doesn’t mean that copts are discriminated against
egypt is not a perfect country and you’ll never find an egyptian who thinks so, but in general the population is damn proud about its history and its diversity
even the most advanced countries in the world have problems with minorities
however, after taking a look at your website it’s clear that you have an agenda that would only cause more problems between people of different religions
“…Not Muslims. Even
when they know something is untrue, they
promote it as truth, because truth is less
important than promoting Islam. Thus, we
have lie after lie, without shame.” — Taken from this moron’s website