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From: Beth Long <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Queen of Egypt Mummy
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 08:12:25 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <BAY111-DAV826A84B32B021CB2D898EB10D0@phx.gbl>


Hi Lawrence,

I agree; further discussions of religious dogma (v.s history) off-list please.

Beth Long

Lawrence Mayka <> wrote: > [mailto:] On Behalf Of Jim
> Mandaville
> The Copts speak the same
> Arabic that other Egyptians do. Perhaps you are thinking of the
> Christians in Ethiopia (who speak a Semitic but non-Arabic language).

In modern terminology, 'Copt' by itself signifies 'native Egyptian
Christian'. Egyptian Muslims do not refer to themselves as Copts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copt

However, modern Copts speak Arabic in everyday life; only their religious
rites are in the Coptic language. Coptic is indeed a direct descendant of
the ancient Egyptian language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_language

> But yeah, sectarian differences are obviously
> indeed rife in the Arab World.

Here is a very balanced article, written by an Egyptian Muslim, on the
status of Christians in Egypt today:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/10/opinion/edeltahawy.php

Otherwise, I think this particular subtopic should be taken off-list.


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