{"id":15561,"date":"2013-08-19T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T05:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/during-the-turmoil-in-egypt-christians-have-faced-continued-violence\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:30:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:30:05","slug":"during-the-turmoil-in-egypt-christians-have-faced-continued-violence","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/08\/19\/during-the-turmoil-in-egypt-christians-have-faced-continued-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"During the turmoil in Egypt, Christians have faced continued violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clashes between Egypt\u2019s security forces and supporters of former Egyptian President and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi continue to capture the world\u2019s attention, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/17\/world\/middleeast\/egypt.html?hp&amp;_r=0\">hundreds dead and thousands injured<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/features.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/grl\/population-percentage.php?sort=percentChristian\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f0f0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f0f0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"442\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/08\/DN_Egypt_Copts.png?resize=413,442 413w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-27786 not-transparent\" alt=\"DN_Egypt_Copts\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/08\/DN_Egypt_Copts.png\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, Egypt\u2019s Coptic Christians also have faced continued violence. As many as 52 churches were attacked throughout Egypt in a 24-hour period last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/08\/15\/world\/meast\/egypt-church-attacks\/\">according to some reports<\/a>. Even before that, a statement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cihrs.org\/?p=7041&amp;lang=en\">condemning ongoing sectarian attacks<\/a> was issued by 16 human rights groups.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About a third (35%) of Egyptian Muslims say that all, most or many Muslims in their country are hostile toward Christians, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2013\/04\/30\/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-interfaith-relations\/\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a> of the world\u2019s Muslims. And, about half (50%) of Egypt\u2019s Muslims say that all, most or many Christians are hostile toward Muslims, the highest share in the 26 countries where the question was asked.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vast majority of Egyptians (about 95%) are Muslim, but according to <a href=\"http:\/\/features.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/grl\/population-percentage.php?sort=percentChristian\">2010 Pew Research estimates<\/a>, about 5% are Christian. In such a large country, that amounts to more than 4 million people \u2013 putting the group among the world\u2019s 10 largest populations of Christians living as minorities.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Media reports sometimes say that Christians make up a higher share of Egypt\u2019s population. A number of factors make it difficult to find a consensus about the exact percentage of Egyptians who are Christian, as <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2011\/05\/11\/ask-the-expert-contd\/#christians-egypt\">addressed in more detail<\/a> in 2011 by Pew Research Demographer Conrad Hackett. But <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/Christian\/Global-Christianity-egypt.aspx\">census and survey data<\/a> show a gradual decline in Christians\u2019 share of the population over most of the last century. Still, Egypt has by far the largest Christian population in the Middle East-North Africa region, where Christians are a minority in all 20 countries and territories.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>For details on the updated sources and methodology used in the above chart, <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2012\/12\/18\/global-religious-landscape-methodology\/\">see here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the vast majority of Egyptians are Muslim, about 5% (more than 4 million people) are 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