What are the causes of conflicts between Muslims and Coptic Christians?

Answer 1

Answer 1

There are no conflicts among Muslims and Coptic Christians. It may happen some individual conflicts due to some personal conflicts or misuderstandings but never religious or discrimination conflicts.

Answer 2

Contrary to what many Apologists say on this subject, there are certainly conflicts and hardships between the Muslim and Coptic Christian communities in Egypt. Such issues are made quite clear when we see repetitive church bombings and hecklings of Christians occur in Egypt and when the Coptic Pope is forced to apologize for "offending Muslim sensibilities".

The reasons for the conflict are primarily based in the inequality afforded religions in Egypt. Christians, while Egyptian citizens, do not have the same legal protections in certain cases (such as the lack of the Christian right to build new or repair old churches while Muslims can easily build and repair mosques) and in other cases where the laws place Christians and Muslims on equal footing, there is a tendency to treat the Christians as inferior (such as property law). Christians are also expected not to openly drink wine (such as in restaurants that are exposed to the street or in other public places) and not to openly eat pork to avoid offending Muslims. Proselytization to Christianity is also forbidden by law, even though Islamic proselytization on Christians is permitted. It is very similar to South of the United States in the 1970s or 80s as concerns integration of Blacks into a White dominated society. As to why the Muslims keep forcing the Christians into this lower position, most honestly do not realize how unequal the system is because Christians have no power to speak out against it (due to rights restrictions in Egypt). Perhaps in this new government (even though it is Islamist) the Copts might be able to secure a more equal footing.