Egypt ; Treatment of Christians 3 of 3

A conflict between two religions is not racism. Racism is being used as an attack word these days in all kinds of situations where it doesn't fit.

how so? Muslims discriminate against christians and refuse them their human rights on the basis of their religion. That sounds like racism to me. Many Christians discriminate against Muslims as well, but Egypt is a muslim country so they are not deprived of their rights

This is a matter of using language correctly. Discrimination is not the same as racism, although you can have both racism and discrimination in the same act, which would be called racial discrimination. If there is discrimination based on religion, even if it sounds like racism to you, it is not racism. It is religious discrimination. It is not called racial discrimination or racism because it is not based on race. It is discrimination based on religion--religious prejudice! Not racism.

Sorry buddy but racism although its root word is race, also encompasses religious descrimination, you should make sure before you criticize next time...

We have a disagreement monkiram, and my criticism stands. Religious discrimination is one thing, racial discrimination is something else. The reason racism is misused is because it is such an effective attack word. If you want to attack somebody for being religiously bigoted, it has more punch because racism is so stigmatized. You can make the person you are accusing sound worse if you accuse of racism. That's nasty politics, bad English and sloppy thinking. It also confuses people.

I don't know about where you live, but in Canada (well Toronto at least if not all of Canada) racism can mean both racial disrimination and religious descrimination. It doesn't matter though, either way, in Egypt Christians are still being discriminated against, so you can replace what I said with discrimination if you feel that it works better...

I live in the US. I know very well that Christians are discriminated against in Egypt. I go to Egypt at least twice a year and have witnessed what the Christians are up against My comments were based on (1) dismay at seeing the language diluted by not using it accurately (2) dismay at seeing "racism" used in so many wrong ways. It doubles for other things besides religious discrimination. It depends on what people want to attack at the moment. The polemic target is "racist" these days.

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There is no insult to Christians, I am a Muslim and most of my friends are Christians we live in peace

i am glad u have christian friends, so can i ask u: r they really evil and worthless pigs like many many many muslims insist they r???ur case of co-existence is not replicated unfortunately.