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You\u2019d think that, after reading this article from the AP<\/a>.\u00a0 The\u00a0story left me with more questions than answers.\u00a0 The whole flavor seemed to suggest that these folks were rioting, destroying property, and threatening officials even though Christians typically live in peace with the Muslim majority.\u00a0 They complain about discrimination, but without one shred of documentation the AP report insists they usually live in peace apart from \u201coccasional flare-ups of tension and violence.\u201d\u00a0 What\u2019s that mean?\u00a0 How occasional?\u00a0 And is it the Coptics who do the mischief, or the dominant Muslim majority?\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Later, after mentioning the Church officials were not available to comment, the piece points out that officials are hesitant to approve permits for churches.\u00a0 Churches get around this by applying for permits for Christian centers.\u00a0 Apparently, based on anonymous government sources, this is what happened here.\u00a0 The next paragraph does inform us that human rights groups say violence against the Christians in Egypt is on the rise. A representative from a Geneva rights group insists that discrimination is prevalent in Egypt.\u00a0 The article then ends with a non-referenced quote that the government insists Christians have the same rights as Muslims.\u00a0 How does any of this square with the AP statement that they usually live all hunky-dory in Egypt? <\/p>\n

WTH?\u00a0 So the entire first part of the article gives the impression of Coptic Christians going bat nuts and smashing car windows and trying to storm the government, with police trying to keep them at bay.\u00a0 Then the rest of the article more or less paints an entirely different picture, one that the AP appeared to have missed even though it published the piece.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"