copts call themselves the real egyptians

[crazyladybutterfly]

and refuse the arab label

that s it.

what do you think?

[Al-Meksiki]

[The.Mask]

During the rule of Muhamed Ali and his sons till 1878, both arabs and copts were not seen as different, especially by muhammed ali and his son ibrahim pasha.

Some times they were treated good, some times bad, both the parties.

[wvwvw]

All Egyptians are real Egyptians. The Copts are more real in the cultural sense, in that they preserved their cultural identity while most other Egyptians lost it to Islam.

[Numidia]

All Egyptians are real Egyptians. The Copts are more real in the cultural sense, in that they preserved their cultural identity while most other Egyptians lost it to Islam.

a lot of copts are recent immigrants or even gypsies

[Wadaad]

How is Christianity more "Egyptian" than Islam?

[Wadaad]

Actually, you may have a point and Christianity is actually more Egyptian...afterall, the concept of the 'trinity' was invented by an Egyptian

and as for Copts...they are no different than Egyptian muslims..as in, the Copts from the delta are more related to the Muslims from the delta, and the Copts from Upper Egypt are more genetically related to Upper Egyptian Muslims.

As for culture...modern day Egyptian Copts were highly influenced culturally by Levantine and Greek christians in the 19th-20th centuries.

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

All Egyptians are real Egyptians. The Copts are more real in the cultural sense, in that they preserved their cultural identity while most other Egyptians lost it to Islam.

I could argue they lost their egyptian identiy to christianity also.

[Oneeye]

Actually, you may have a point and Christianity is actually more Egyptian...afterall, the concept of the 'trinity' was made by an Egyptian

and as for Copts...they are no different than Egyptian muslims..as in, the Copts from the delta are more related to the Muslims from the delta, and the Copts from Upper Egypt are more genetically related to Upper Egyptian Muslims.

That among many other Christian beliefs of Egyptian origin that haven't come to light. (The concept of a "Lake of Fire" purifying, for example)

And Jesus grew up in Egypt.

[Smeagol]

They're the closest to the Dynastic Egyptians by blood. I guess closer to the late antiquity Egyptians in culture.