Copts and the Security State: Violence, Coercion, and Sectarianism in Contemporary Egypt
(Part of the Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures Series)
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Copts and the Security State combines political, anthropological, and social history to analyze the practices of the Egyptian state and the political acts of the Egyptian Coptic minority. Laure Guirguis considers how the state, through its subjugation of Coptic citizens, reproduces a political order based on religious identity and difference. The leadership of the Coptic Church, in turn, has taken more political stances, thus foreclosing...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1503600785
ISBN13:9781503600782
Release Date:November 2016
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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