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Nubians in Egypt have endured ethnic cleansing<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=DS_0RKs2Yd4C&pg=PA49</ref> and suffer racism.<ref>http://www.arabnews.com/?page=21&section=0&article=103080&d=1&m=11&y=2007</ref><BR>
 
Nubians in Egypt have endured ethnic cleansing<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=DS_0RKs2Yd4C&pg=PA49</ref> and suffer racism.<ref>http://www.arabnews.com/?page=21&section=0&article=103080&d=1&m=11&y=2007</ref><BR>
 
The Coptic minority, known to be the true native, indigenous Egyptians (pre-dating the Arab-Islamic invaders),<ref>http://www.copticassembly.org/printart.php?main_id=1</ref> have been under severe persecution, especially whenever the Egyptian regime had better relations with the Muslim Brotherhood.<ref>http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,464db4f52,469f2d6e2,49749d2b2d,0.html</ref> Nasser's Arab-Nationalism's policies effected the Copts greatly.<ref>http://www.copticsaints.info/copts</ref> The Copts: "We have suffered greatly from racism, sectarianism and this is abhorrent."<ref>http://www.copticassembly.org/showart.php?main_id=543</ref><br>
 
The Coptic minority, known to be the true native, indigenous Egyptians (pre-dating the Arab-Islamic invaders),<ref>http://www.copticassembly.org/printart.php?main_id=1</ref> have been under severe persecution, especially whenever the Egyptian regime had better relations with the Muslim Brotherhood.<ref>http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,464db4f52,469f2d6e2,49749d2b2d,0.html</ref> Nasser's Arab-Nationalism's policies effected the Copts greatly.<ref>http://www.copticsaints.info/copts</ref> The Copts: "We have suffered greatly from racism, sectarianism and this is abhorrent."<ref>http://www.copticassembly.org/showart.php?main_id=543</ref><br>
British MP Edward Leigh, asked (June, 2000) "to end educational apartheid... and to prevent massacres and killings.."</ref>http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/westminster_hall/2000/jun/14/christians-in-egypt</ref>
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British MP Edward Leigh, asked (June, 2000) "to end educational apartheid... and to prevent massacres and killings.."<ref>http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/westminster_hall/2000/jun/14/christians-in-egypt</ref>
 
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Arab-Islamic Egypt has an official 'legalized' apartheid system. Human rights activist E. Bejjani (2011): <i>The first and major failure and setback committed by the "Higher Military Egyptian Council" members was in their stubborn clinging to Article Two in the country's constitution that legalizes discrimination and apartheid. It states verbatim: "Islam is the religion of the state, Arabic is its official language, and the principles of Islamic Sharia are the main source of legislation".</i><ref>http://www.copts.com/english/?p=1947</ref> Egypt was also accused by Baptists of apartheid against Christians.<ref>http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=25787</ref> Others have also described the treatment of its Copts as similar to apartheid.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ooAaaMdOwpAC&pg=PA95</ref><ref>http://thinkafricapress.com/egypt/victims-revolution</ref>
 
Arab-Islamic Egypt has an official 'legalized' apartheid system. Human rights activist E. Bejjani (2011): <i>The first and major failure and setback committed by the "Higher Military Egyptian Council" members was in their stubborn clinging to Article Two in the country's constitution that legalizes discrimination and apartheid. It states verbatim: "Islam is the religion of the state, Arabic is its official language, and the principles of Islamic Sharia are the main source of legislation".</i><ref>http://www.copts.com/english/?p=1947</ref> Egypt was also accused by Baptists of apartheid against Christians.<ref>http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=25787</ref> Others have also described the treatment of its Copts as similar to apartheid.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ooAaaMdOwpAC&pg=PA95</ref><ref>http://thinkafricapress.com/egypt/victims-revolution</ref>
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