are you kidding me? really? first off Coptic Christians are prevelenat in Egypt. I lived in that country for 4 years. Coptic Christians were actually quite accepted and many of them were at the top as far as education and finance.
So did i, and unless you are blind, the copts there were/are going through hell. bu then again, to an arab muslim, any dhimmis under muslim control -but still alive - have it fantastic...
This comes from the UN, not exactly known for criticising muslims:
UNHCR | Refworld | Egypt: Treatment of Christians, including Coptic Christians, and availability of state protection (March 2004 - January 2007)
"Egypt: Treatment of Christians, including Coptic Christians, and availability of state protection (March 2004 - January 2007)
Several sources report that Christians face discrimination in Egypt (HRW Jan. 2007; US 15 Sept. 2006; Freedom House 1 Sept. 2006). More specifically, Freedom House reports that Egyptian Christians are subject to discrimination in employment, that they are denied authorization for building or repairing churches or face delays in obtaining such authorization, that several Coptic villagers have been killed and that there have been "frequent attacks on Coptic homes, businesses and churches in recent years" (1 Sept. 2006). The US Department of State's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 also reports that Christian churches faced difficulty or lengthy delays in obtaining building or renovation permits despite a presidential decree issued in December 2005 delegating permit approval to provincial governors and allowing basic repairs and maintenance subject to written notification (15 Sept. 2006, Sec. II; HRWF 19 Dec. 2005).
Although sources indicate that the government discriminates against Christians in public sector hiring practices and there are no Christians serving as heads of public universities (The Christian Science Monitor 8 Dec. 2005; US 15 Sept. 2006, Sec. II; UN 30 Oct. 2005), a Coptic Christian was appointed one of Egypt's 26 governors in early 2006 (MERIP 28 Apr. 2006; US 15 Sept. 2006, Sec. II), another was appointed a judge in the Supreme Constitutional Court and there is some representation of Christians in politics (ibid.). The United Nations (UN) Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) also states that Christians are discriminated against with regard to employment in the public sector; nevertheless, following the 2005 parliamentary elections, half of the executive appointments to the People's Assembly were Coptic Christians (17 Apr. 2006).
So much for being "quite accepted."
and christains in general are accepted unless you live in saudi arabia. other than that all mid east countries respect christains. in Qatar the government just built 4 churches so the christains have somewhere to go.
Where do you come up with this Bullshit? I am stopping here, because my shia friends would be laughing out loud at your next absurdity:
secondly shi'aas are not that oppressed again only in saudi will you find that.
Hilarious. Even more fun:
as for the jews. again only in Saudi will you find mass discrimination of Jews. other mid east countries actually have Jewish communities. my sister- inlaw who is from Morocco told me about the Jewish communities in her country.
That the communities exist at all is a sign they are not discriminated against?
That the communities were 1000x the size just 40 years ago or so, doesn't tell you something? Or that most of the arab nations have laws on the books that jews cannot own land?
Please Rhodey stop with this nonsense. When was the last time you were in the Mid east? Maybe 20 years ago I would agree with you but the Mid east is quite more progressive these days.
Stop the propagandist garbage. You might be able to fool the internet teens here who the closest they've come to the middle east is Epcot Disney's morocco restaurant, but to those who actually know WTF they're talking about, you're full of shit.
