Although their situation is better than in Iraq or Syria, the Copts of Egypt suffer persecution

 The American television network Fox News reported that even under President Sīsī, Copts in Egypt still feel isolated and persecuted. One Coptic activist said “we are always the weakest group in society, so when anything happens in any country we are always the first victims.”

 (7 May, 2015, Bawābat al-Qāhira, Aymān al-Ashqar)