Farmers in Cairo argue with police as health officials order pigs to slaughter . Coptic Christians do not observe the Muslim ban on eating pork , and historically they have coexisted peacefully with the Muslim majority in Egypt . Egypt banned slaughter of pigs in 2013 over news of bird flu . There have been no confirmed cases of swine flu in Egypt .
Farmers in Cairo argue with police as health officials order pigs to slaughter . Egypt banned slaughter of pigs in 2013 over news of bird flu . There have been no confirmed cases of swine flu in Egypt .