fayummummyportrait:

i need people to understand that persecution and discrimination against copts in egypt is systemic. from mob attacks and burning of coptic homes and churches, to kidnappings and forced conversions and rape of coptic girls and women, to copts not being allowed to have certain jobs, not allowed to join the football team, to instances of the smartest coptic students being failed on purpose just because they’re christians, to falling victim to blasphemy laws and hate speeches. not to mention church bombings… the list goes on. don’t be fooled by sisi’ false and meaningless “solidarity” to copts, the authoritarian sisi regime and egyptian authorities also play a role in suppressing coptic activism. any egyptian dissident speaking out against the regime is jailed that’s not a secret; and coptic activists are also jailed for not only being vocal against the regime, but also because they speak up about the injustice they face for being christians. sectarian attacks against copts are not taken seriously. when muslims attack their coptic neighbors, the police rarely ever arrest the perpetrators, instead often times it’s the copts who are arrested and then are forced into reconciliation sessions and again and again justice is never served. copts, especially in upper egypt, are constantly terrorized and no protection is being served.. the cycle of violence is repeated, it’s state-sanctioned. copts are treated like second class citizens in their ancestral homeland.

are many muslims and copts friends, love and support each other? yes, absolutely. but anti-coptic sentiments is rampant, just because you personally don’t see it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. a lot of (egyptian) muslims deny there’s ever any kind of persecution and refuse to acknowledge it.