Thursday January 6, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

Tonight begins the Coptic Christmas.

Copts are a sect of Egyptian Christians. They were the target of the New Year's terror attack that killed 21 Christians. Egyptian Copts have been protesting all week, asking for more protection and more government condemnation of the attacks.

The government has stepped up protection - for tonight.

The Copts are calling for the Muslims in Egypt to create a human fence to protect their right to practice Christianity in Egypt.

There are 8 million Coptic Christians in Egypt and that constitutes about 10% of the population of Egypt. Coptic Christians date their sect back 2000 years. The word "copt" actually means Egyptian… but today it refers to Coptic Christians only. Christianity came to Egypt from via Mark in about the year 46. The Christians of Egypt trace themselves to that period which makes Copts one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East.

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