What Problems Did Egyptians Face Today

From the beginning of time in Ancient Egypt, religion was and still is today, a force so powerful, it determined both the structure of government and organization of the society. In Egypt, where there is a tremendous religious disparity, discrimination is exercised by not only the society but also the government itself. One of the most important issues that fellow Egyptian citizens face today is their human rights and their religious freedom. There are many obstacles, to say the least, that Egyptians are facing today and have been facing for as long as we can remember. In addition, unfairness between Muslims and Coptic Orthodox Christians appears to be an apparent and repulsive issue. Because Islam is the official state religion, there need

Compared to school in the United States and many other countries, students in Egypt go to school from Sunday through Thursday, taking Friday and Saturday off for the weekend. Of course, Muslim students would not be affected at all by these changes in dates due to Sunday not being their religious day, but how about our fellow Coptic students? As known, Sunday is a religious day for Christians to do activities such as go to church, as it is the sabbath day and a day to rest. Shouldn’t Christians students also have their Sunday off of school? This issue leads to the fact that both religions are most definitely not treated equally when it first comes to school and education. Not only is the school calendar based on the Muslim culture and totally neglects Christianity, but all students are also taught Muslim teachings in the classrooms. Although Egypt is known to be a Muslim country that follows the Sharia rules, students of other religions should not be forced to learn and take classes about a different religion that they have nothing to do with. In the book “Putting Islam to work”, Edward Lanes added a quote himself by saying, “O God, destroy the infidels and polytheists, thine enemies, the

Besides the fact that Coptic students come to school every day and listen to their people and religion being discriminated against, all students both Muslim and Christian start off their school day with a reading from what Muslims call, “The Holy Quran” and students have to repeat it. Because the Islamic culture is very broad and shared all around the schools, Coptic students will obviously feel neglected due to the fact that everything around them is Islamic related. Not only is Islam taught in the schools, but Muslim children are also taught a set of curse words to criticize Christian individuals or any non-believers of Muhammad. A very big issue that's stressed upon is the fact that Christian students are actually are coming to the conclusion that they are accepting this behavior and they are tolerating this discrimination. Since prejudice and injustice became what the Christians face every day by whether it is other students or teachers, students sadly begin to recognize these stereotypes as norms. So then, Christian students tend to separate themselves from others due to Muslim students making parts of their school, “their territory”. Aside from Islamic teaching, Christian students had