Because don’t all Christians want to live as second-class citizens with no rights?

Via MEMRI:

Following are excerpts from a TV debate between Egyptian cleric Mahmoud Shaaban and Egyptian journalist Islam Al-Buheiri, which aired on Al-Kahera Wal-Nas TV on March 5 and 6, 2013.

Moderator: If a woman abides by all the laws of the shari’a, in terms of the dress code, conduct, and everything – would you accept her as president of the country?

Mahmoud Shaaban: No.

Moderator: Why not?

Mahmoud Shaaban: Because the Prophet said: “A nation headed by a woman will never succeed.” The Prophet Muhammad warned against it. We abide by the texts of the shari’a.

Nor will I accept a Christian president for Egypt.

Moderator: Do you demand to impose the jizya poll tax on Christian Egyptians?

Mahmoud Shaaban: I demand the implementation of the shari’a.

Moderator: I was asking specifically about the jizya…

Mahmoud Shaaban: If Christians knew what the jizya means, they would demand it themselves.

Moderator: What is the meaning of the jizya?

Mahmoud Shaaban: If the shari’a were implemented as a whole, the Christians would be the happiest of all.