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[QUOTE]Originally posted by omelbanaat: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by homeylu: [b] I need to ask you, and any others that may have knowledge on the matter, as I may only have a one-sided biased perspective from a few sources. So can you tell me if it is true, that in Egypt, under Islamic rulership, that non-muslims are treated like trash? I have been told by others that Christians (particularly Coptics) are treated like trash. That they are forced to live around filthy hogs, with trash piled up all around their neighborhoods. The kids play in and eat from trash. Their neighborhoods smell like filth, and that no "decent" muslim is allowed to associate with them. I'm told that they are forced to pick up the city trash and take it back to their own neighborhoods and live with it. Now if this is true, I would have to say that even the Christians in America that hate muslims would never force them to live in such unsanitary dehumanising conditions. So please feel free to correct my view, as I am open to all perspectives. The only thing I know for sure, is that muslims think pigs are filthy, so why would you force Christians to live with them unless you thought they were filthy too? Anyone?????????[/b][/QUOTE] Hi homeylu. I'll answer you very briefly. I'm not an expert on the Zabbaleen area that you are mentioning, but I did visit several times. This was historically the main area for garbage collection and recycling for Cairo (not sure if it is still, since now there are a couple of foreign firms involved). While a large proportion of the residents are Christian, there is also a large Moslem community there. These people live amongst trash - this is true. It is their livelihood. They collect the garbage, with different people "owning" different collection routes. The garbage is recycled (to a truly amazing extent) with women and children doing most of the garbage sorting. These people do not eat the trash, they do not allow their children to eat the trash (come on, that was just ridiculous, tell me you were just being provocative there). There have been numerous donor-funded projects in the area over the past 10 years (infrastructure, housing, & healthcare. It is a very popular area with foreign donors). It is also very popular with western "Journalists" who like a good picture, and an inflammatory byline. Yes, these people live surrounded by conditions that you may find horrifying, but that is the circumstance of their livelihood. Many of the route owners are extremely wealthy, (I'm not talking about the normal laborers)and many of them still live in the area (and many of them are Christian). Many of the workers are poor (but they are not the "poorest of the poor" in development-speak). Many are Christian, and many are Moslem, and they live side by side. Poverty is a great leveller, and it does not differentiate on religious grounds. As for the issue of being forced to live with hogs: many of the families in the area breed pigs as an added source of income, along with goats, sheep and different kinds of fowl. Muslims are prohibited from eating pork, Christians (even Egyptian ones!) are not prohibited from eating pork. So, where does the pork come from? Mainly, from these areas, where it is a very profitable sideline for the people who raise them (on organic refuse). Hope I have answered your question with regard to this area. Have you ever been to Egypt? Do you even like Egypt? Based on your last posting, I would be very surprised if you answered yes to either of those questions. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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