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    Copts, the Christians of Egypt, do not.

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    Most of them are Copts.

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    Shubra has a high concentration of Copts in Cairo.

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    Copts and Shi'ites get murdered just because of their identities.

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    The condition of Copts at that time was not good.

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    These developments seemed to undermine Copts' ability to participate as equal citizens.

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    Copts practice a form of Christianity that hearkens back to the earliest traditions of the church.

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    The Copts constitute the largest population of Christians in the Middle East, numbering between 8,000,000 and 15,000,000.

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    He added that Copts should only go to Jerusalem after peace was established in the region.

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    Most Egyptian Christians are Copts, who are mainly members of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.

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    The liturgical language of the Copts, the Coptic language, is a direct descendant of the Egyptian language.

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    Over a hundred Egyptian Copts have been killed in sectarian clashes from 2011 to 2017, and many homes and businesses destroyed.

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    In particular, Copts participated alongside their Muslim compatriots in the proteststhat brought down the authoritarian rule of former President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

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    Although Copts in Egypt speak Egyptian Arabic, many of them do not consider themselves to be ethnically Arabs, but rather descendants of the ancient Egyptians.

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    Islamic State has also intensified attacks on security forces and Coptic Christian civilians in the mainland in recent months, killing about 100 Copts since December.

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    Violent attacks on Copts have led them to flee certain areas of Egypt, such as Sinai, and there is a steady stream of Coptic emigration from Egypt.

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    Though Copts are largely indistinguishable from the Muslim majority, many are given tattoos of a cross on their wrists as children, signifying their permanent commitment to the community.

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    In the second Kosheh Massacre in 1999, for example, no Muslim was charged for the killing of 20 Copts while, contrarily, one Muslim was sentenced to 13 years in prison for accidentally killing a fellow Muslim.

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    Copts are fiercely proud of their Egyptian heritage that dates back to the age of the pyramids as early as 3000 B.C. The vast majority of Copts are members of the Coptic Orthodox Church, an independent church that arose in A.D. 451, long before the divide that created the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in 1054.

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