CAIRO: Mina Bindari wanted to play top-level football like the famous players he watched on TV, but he says discrimination has blocked his path and that of other Christians in Egypt which is overwhelmingly Muslim.
Karam Kordy, a member of the Egyptian Football Federation, denied any discrimination in Egyptian football. Although there are no official statistics on religious affiliation in sporting professions or other sectors, many see Ramzy's success story in football as an exception. Copts have long complained of discrimination, including in the job market, before the law and in receiving licenses for churches. Christians have also been frequent targets of deadly militant attacks, many claimed by Islamic State.
Kordy dismissed the project as unnecessary and said it risked deepening divisions, but players at the academy tell stories of discrimination.
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