Despite Protest Ban, Egyptian Christians, Tired Of Being Treated As Second-Class Citizens, Take To The Streets
Despite an Egyptian government ban on protests, Christians living in the country have grown tired of being treated as though they are ‘second-class citizens’, many have taken to the streets in the Muslim-majority African country to demand the Egyptian government give them equal rights.
Nearly three-dozen Egyptian Christians took to the streets of Cairo to demand legislative reforms, despite the country’s protest bans, the Christian demonstrators staged a demonstration on the steps of a courthouse in Cairo.
The Christian protesters are demanding that the Egyptian government upholds their legal rights when settling disputes between Muslims and Christians, according to reports from the Associated Press.
Around three-dozen Egyptian Christians went against the country’s protest ban and staged a demonstration on the steps of a courthouse in Cairo. The believers demand that the government uphold their legal rights when settling disputes between Muslims and Christians, The Associated Press reports.
“I am an Egyptian citizen above all,” said Michael Armanious, a Christian demonstrator. “We pay taxes, we serve in the army, we are dealing with all the same economic problems in Egypt with the rest of our countrymen, why should we have fewer rights?
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