What news articles would I need? Do you need this:
“Coptics are at a breaking point”.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ny...st/egypt-middleeast-copts-christians.amp.html
The first time an Egyptian president attended a Christian Service was literally in 2015, so how can Christmas celebrations be a norm?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.br...ssi-is-really-like-for-coptic-christians/amp/
The status of Coptic Christians in Egypt has for the most part remained unchanged since Anwar Sadat came to power in 1970. Today, there is little Christian representation in government, and sectarian violence is all but commonplace. But many have suggested that President Sissi is more respectful of minority rights than his predecessors, and many Christians supported Sissi’s rise to power.
The first one was from 2016, and there have been many more updated articles ever since!
I never also said that everybody does it, I said that it is
CONSIDERED TO BE NORMAL. People exchange cultural holidays with each other and that has kept a religious harmony in Egypt itself. I literally send you articles where they explained that it isn’t smt foreign to them, I never said that it was the norm, I said it was N O R M A L and not
Egypt also has one of the earliest Christian civilisations on earth currently and the Coptic have been existing for almost 2000 years so idk hey you seem surprised by how they celebrate Christmas there, Christianity was there first and it has been one of the oldest religions there that is still practiced
Christianity’s origins are found in many places, including Egypt, where Coptic Christianity flourished shortly after the death of Jesus.
www.nationalgeographic.com
A history of Christianity in Egypt, Birth and Early Growth
www.touregypt.net
Egypt also officially recognised Christmas as an official holiday (the Coptic and the catholic one) as an official celebration.
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Public holidays are celebrated by the entire population of Egypt.
Holidays in
Egypt have many classifications. Some holidays are religious and others are secular, while some can be fixed holidays on the
calendar while others are movable.
There are four Islamicholidays and two Christian holidays.
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“Even though the country has a Muslim-majority population, Egypt comes together to celebrate this special Christian holiday. But with many different Christian denominations, including Coptic Orthodox Christians, Christmas in Egypt gets to be celebrated twice, on
both December 25th and January 7th.”
“Despite the fact that Christmas is a commemoration of the birth of Jesus, many Muslims share the different festive rituals of Christmas with Christians. For many Muslims, decorating their houses with Christmas trees, having dinner together on Christmas Eve, and exchanging gifts with friends are as essential as buying “Halawet El-Mouled” (candy distributed to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad).”
there was indeed uncertainty in the past but the Muslims in Egypt always used to support their Christian brothers because they have a similar identity, do I have to remind you that these people only have a religious difference? The Arabian Muslims and Arabian christians belong under the same Ethnic group, Nationality, and speak the same tongue.
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Egypt's Muslim community followed through on their promise to support the country's embattled Christian population as they celebrated their Christmas Eve masses on Thursday night.
Anxiety among the nation's Coptic Christians, who make up approximately 10 percent of the population, was at a fever-pitch in the wake of the
New Years day attack on Saints Church in Alexandria.
Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram
reportedthat prominent Islamic leaders and celebrities had called for a massive show of support by Egypt's Muslims in order to send a message that the majority of the nation would not stand for extremist violence and persecution. “
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"We either live together, or we die together," was the sloganeering genius of Mohamed El-Sawy, a Muslim arts tycoon whose cultural centre distributed flyers at churches in Cairo Thursday night, and who has been credited with first floating the "human shield" idea.
Among those shields were movie stars Adel Imam and Yousra, popular preacher Amr Khaled, the two sons of President Hosni Mubarak, and thousands of citizens who have said they consider the attack one on Egypt as a whole.
"This is not about us and them," said Dalia Mustafa, a student who attended mass at Virgin Mary Church on Maraashly. "We are one. This was an attack on Egypt as a whole, and I am standing with the Copts because the only way things will change in this country is if we come together."
