Event
Handling the Coptic Community
Egypt has a significant Coptic Miaphysite population, a community with deep roots and traditions going back centuries. While many of them have remained loyal and contribute to the economy, some argue that encouraging conversion would help strengthen unity in the heart of our Flavor Rank. We must carefully consider whether to press for religious conformity or to maintain the current system of protected tolerance.
EgyptCountrydynamic historical event.tag, trigger
ClericsPop Typeimmediate
PeasantsPop Typeimmediate
MiaphysitismReligionoption 1
SunnismReligionoption 1, trigger
ChristianityReligion Groupimmediate
IslamReligion GroupimmediateDefinitionin_game/events/DHE/flavor_MAM.txt:2606
2607type = country_event
2608title = flavor_mam.44.title Handling the Coptic Community
2609desc = flavor_mam.44.desc Egypt has a significant Coptic Miaphysite population, a community with deep roots and traditions going back centuries. While many of them have remained loyal and contribute to the economy, some argue that encouraging conversion would help strengthen unity in the heart of our Flavor Rank. We must carefully consider whether to press for religious conformity or to maintain the current system of protected tolerance.
2610outcome = neutral
2612fire_only_once = yes
2614historical_info = flavor_mam.44.historical_info During the Mamluk rule of Egypt, the conversion of Copts to Islam significantly accelerated, driven by both social pressures and economic incentives. The 14th century saw a particularly intense wave of repression against the Coptic community, with restrictions on church construction, employment limitations, and intermittent violence. This period of heightened pressure led to a marked increase in conversions, and by the end of the Mamluk rule, the Muslim-to-Copt ratio in Egypt had shifted to approximately 10:1.
2616dynamic_historical_event = {
}
2623illustration_tags = {
262410 = regular
262510 = interior
}
2628trigger = {
2630religion_percentage_in_country(religion:miaphysite) > 0
2631area:lower_egypt_area = {
}
}
2640immediate = {
2641random_pop = {
2646save_scope_as = target_pop_bckg
}
2648random_pop = {
2653save_scope_as = target_pop_frg
}
}