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I was reading an article on the persecution of Christians in the Middle East generally, and it included a section on Egypt. Sorry I can't point you to it directly, it was either Washington Times, Human Events, or WSJ. If you are in fact interested you'll have to do your own homework, or better, just ask your friend to ask his family.

As far as being "encoded" in the "Egyptian Legal System,"
who the hell knows. Do you really think it would matter?

Yes, it is going on as we speak.

Actually, my friend and his family has not *yet* been targetted - that is why I was concerned and curious about actual news.

And it does matter if it is written into the law or not.

I know there was some sectarian violence in January of 2001 that left 20 Christians dead (and only one Muslim). I also know that the Egyption government has, in addition, jailed members of an Islamic Sect (Hizb al-'Amal). In addition, I know that members of the Baha'i faith have been arrested and jailed. And that faith is prohibited from public meetings. So my question is in what degree is the persecution of Christians different from the other non-Muslim religions or the other minority Muslim sects? It looks like there is more violence directed towards the Christians, while the Muslims and others are treated more humanely and just jailed.