This is the kind of stuff that starts 'religious' conflicts.

Egypt needs to stop slaughtering the Copts' pigs, pronto.

While a government killing off the livelihood of a certain part of the population would be bad under any circumstances, this situation is particularly hairy because of its religious component: Egypt (ok sure it is a secular state) has a Muslim majority and these pigs belong to the impoverished Christian minority group. I am sure any pig owners in Egypt would protest the government actions - Christian or not - but this could take on a whole other meaning, considering. I won't even get into the fact that these swine don't cause the flu.

There have already been protests and clashes.