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Discrimination

Egypt is dry and sandy From the religion "The Coptic community, as well as several human rights activists and intellectuals, maintain that the number of Christians occupying government posts is not proportional to the number of Copts in Egypt. They are also the victims of discriminatory religious laws, anti-Christian judges, and anti-Christian state police. Anti-Christian laws include laws governing repairing old churches or constructing new ones, which are usually impossible tasks, requiring presidential permission to build a new church, and a governor’s permission to renovate even the bathroom in an already-built church" this is an emotional and not scientific writing either you SET A SOURCE or REMOVE IT till then>

I believe that having a Christian Minister of Finance, and a Christian Minister for Environmental Affairs, in addition to other positions and key roles in previous governments prove that no discrimination is present. As for the churches, it is clear that whoever wrote the article is either trying to ignite sectarian conflicts, or is writing out of ignorance. Please seek actual statistics to find out the actual number of churches currently in Egypt, and the number of churches under construction, then compare that number to the number of mosques and revisit the proportionality of the issue.

Please note that Muslims as well as Christians in Egypt respect Wikipedia, and therefore this comment is presented.

Some discussion on leadership and justice would remove some of the religious tensions. What were the leaders doing for Egypt? Were the policies fair? People recognize injustices and they are not related to the religion so I don't like seeing the Christian vs Muslim talk.

What? This reads more like a poster for a protest than a suggestion to change a Wikipedia article. Please clarify. Applejuiceandpeachh (talk) 08:49, 24 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Whereabouts of the Prime Minister

Unfortunately, according to an article of the state-run al-Ahram Online, the Egyptian appeals court have dismissed Mr. Hisham Qandil as PM and sentenced him to one year in prison. I'm pretty sure the military may have arrested and detained Mr. Qandil already and the whole cabinet is basically de-facto dissolved. I'm pretty sure there will be a new Prime Minister and new cabinet starting tomorrow or soon. May need to update it as soon as possible. http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/75629/Egypt/Politics-/Court-upholds-verdict-sacking-Morsis-PM-Qandil,-se.aspx

REQ: IPA pronunciation for Arabic name

Could an established editor please add the IPA pronunciation for the Arabic name (both the short form and the long form)?

Vice-president and Prime Minister

Neither have Mohammed ElBaradei nor Ziad Bahaa El-Din been officially appointed for any positions. The positions of vice-president and prime minister are still vacant.

Inconsistent Presentation.

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I visited this page on my mobile-phone (smart-phone), curious about the government. Only the the introductory information and the "Names" heading & information is displayed. No "History" heading or information, no "Government" heading or information and all the headings and information subsequent to "Name" are missing, totally missing. Of course I try to refresh my phone, still nothing more than the introduction & "Names". So I check other pages with my mobile, "Libya" displays the whole set of headings & information as do others. Then I go onto my computer, and everything is there on the page as is proper. I go to "Mobile View" and everything is there. So I check my phone again, refresh, nothing underneath the "Names" section. My phone is otherwise working perfectly, and displays other articles just fine, "Libya" shows consistent information between phone and computer. I do not know how to fix this, and am certain it is not a technical problem on my phone, please help.

Semi-protected edit request on 17 December 2018

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The topic is strongly in favor of ONE side only by repeatedly saying "the army backed authorities" as it has no sense at all, just saying the authorities is enough but what you have written clearly shows you have taken a specific side, which can not be in a big website like wikipedia. Remove "Even though the military-backed authorities extended voting to a third day" as you havent stated how many days were there in all Mubarak elections nor Sadat's or anyone else, else, remove the "army backed" word and keep it as "Even though the authorities extended...." BoudyTamerAydenbrayden (talk) 17:13, 17 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's unclear what you want to be changed. Please explain clearly what you want and accompany the request with reliable sources that support the change. –Ammarpad (talk) 05:49, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Turkish conquest

Can we please add the Turkish conquest from 1500s in the infobox establishment section please? Seems odd that it is missing. Important part of Egypt's long history.

GeorgePodros UTC: 11:29 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgepodros (talk • contribs) 11:29, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Misspelled?

In The Muhammad Ali dynasty somebody misspelled "Muhammad" as "Mohammad", I think. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JustAnotherRandomEditor (talk • contribs) 02:16, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@JustAnotherRandomEditor: The name Mohammad is spelled in many different ways according to Wikipedia policy WP:COMMONNAME editors should use the most common name which in this case is probably Mohammad--SharabSalam (talk) 08:25, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Homosexuality: clarification needed?

According to this page "Homosexuality is illegal in Egypt." But according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Egypt, "Egyptian law does not explicitly criminalize homosexuality or cross-dressing..." Should a distinction be made between "same-sex attraction" and "same-sex sexual acts? Hundovir (talk) 20:51, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, a distinction should be made. Being gay and acting upon said gayness are different things, as the law recognizes. You should also clarify whether or not women are allowed to do these things. As for cross dressing and gender identity, there are basically three categories for laws. Cross dressing, identifying as something other than your birth gender, and having surgery/taking hormones. You might also want to add how well these laws are enforced, the punishments, and whether or not homosexuality and transgender-ness are supported by the generl public. Applejuiceandpeachh (talk) 08:46, 24 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]