Building Coptic Civil Society: Christian Groups and the State in Mubarak's Egypt
Author: Paul Rowe
Publisher/Publication: Middle Eastern Studies
Volume/Issue: 45(1)
DOI/ISBN: 10.1080/00263200802548147
This article’s aim is to examine and to shine a light on the status of the Copts in Mubarak's Egypt and in Egyptian society and politics in general. It analyzes the birth and subsequent rise of the movement of Coptic civil society despite the constraints in place within Egyptian politics as well as through their religious status under Muslim traditions. The explanations for this reside within the internal strength and vibrancy of Coptic institutions themselves and in the non-threatening and moderating influence displayed by Egyptian Coptic civil society.