By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Yesterday Christians protested in Cairo on the steps of the national court house. They were demanding equal rights and equal protection.
Protests are virtually unheard of today in Egypt. New anti-protest laws are so strict that they almost certainly guarantee conviction and prison, not to mention injury caused by the police in a crackdown.
Christians number about 10 million in Egypt, which means that they are about 10% of the population. Almost universally, they supported al Sisi in his overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood's president Morsi.
Under Morsi the Christian community was in the cross hairs. They expected improvement under al Sisi but they have not felt any significant change. Egypt's
Christians want equality under the law. And they want protection from abuse.
Their demands are reasonable.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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