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Copts in Egypt

forced conversion and forced marriage

Discrimination Coptic Christians in Egypt

source Auslandsjournal ZDF 6th January 2006 (The page is no longer available)

The story sounds incredible, but the family of Laurence, a 15-year-old girl, is certain: Laurence, a Coptic Christian, was kidnapped by Islamists and should be forced to Islam to convert. They managed to escape and confirm their abduction in retrospect. This sounds absurd, is by the testimony of a relative to the shattering certainty. While the hostage the girl was sent a message to her cousin, which transformed the whole family in turmoil, "Laurence is to convert to Islam or they will not return alive."

are stories like this in Upper Egypt not unique

over again rumors of kidnappings of Coptic women, followed by forced conversion and forced marriage to a Muslim. Egyptian authorities from wiegeln, say the girls were later followed their husbands out of love, have voluntarily changed their beliefs

The discrimination against the Copts in Egypt is not new

of the year 63 AD Evangelist Mark founded in the first and second century the country was Christianized in the Nile Delta as one of the safest in the world. Since in 641 Arab Muslims began to occupy Egypt, there are conflicts between the different religious communities.

would now no longer suppressed the Coptic Christians, the Egyptian government officially declared. The reality however is different. There are repeated violent clashes between Muslims and Copts, repeatedly attacks on Coptic shops. About ten percent of Egypt's population are Coptic Christians.

In the parliamentary elections but Copts are not set up as candidates, Chances of high office in the military and police are the Coptic Christians denied

In cities with large Coptic communities, like Alexandria or Dahab, the tension is growing in population. Rather than to say, is opposed to the Christian minority, fighting for equal rights of their religion. Mamdouh.

Nakhla is a lawyer, he is campaigning for the rights of the Copts a
The problem is not only among the radical Muslims, he says, but especially with the state, the injustices usually approves: "The power of the Islamists has for 20 years . They rely on the constitution, which says that the Islam is the state religion and the most important Source of law. And the state leaning more and more this dictation. "

see http://koptisch.wordpress.com/