11-14-2008, 04:52 AM
<b>wel_mel_2 wrote: they are afraid to distribute the Bible to the Arab Egyptians...</b>
You are only partially correct.
Under Egyptian law, it is a criminal offence for any non-Muslims to proselytize. Therefore, any Christian who gives or sells a bible to a muslim is risking arrest and possibly much worse. So, it is not surprising that Egyptian Christians are very hesitant about supplying muslims with bibles.
Interestingly, there is no law in Egypt which prevents muslims from proselytizing to non-muslims. Hardly seems fair, does it?