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  • noun Plural form of Copt.

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  • The Copts, in other words, were paying the price of signing an agreement with Israel because the other Arab regimes were opposed to peace.

    The Coming Revolution Walid Phares 2010

  • Fouad Ajami writes, "The demographic weight of the Copts is one of the great riddles of Egypt."

    Letter From Egypt P. J. O'Rourke 2002

  • Fouad Ajami writes, "The demographic weight of the Copts is one of the great riddles of Egypt."

    Letter From Egypt P. J. O'Rourke 2002

  • The Egyptian Christians were known as Copts, and their church was referred to as Coptic.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

  • The Egyptian Christians were known as Copts, and their church was referred to as Coptic.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

  • The Egyptian Christians were known as Copts, and their church was referred to as Coptic.

    World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

  • Egyptian Christians, known as Copts, have come under increasing pressure, and even violent attacks, as followers of an ultraconservative strain of Islam known as Salafism have emerged in recent months as a major influence in the country's new political dynamics.

    High Stakes for Arab Spring in Syria, Egypt Bill Spindle 2012

  • The Copts are a largely Orthodox Christian group and make up about 10 percent of Egypt's 80 million people; they have long complained of discrimination, and many are consigned to menial jobs.

    Sectarian clashes in Egypt challenge revolutionary idealism 2011

  • The Copts are a largely Orthodox Christian group and make up about 10 percent of Egypt's 80 million people; they have long complained of discrimination, and many are consigned to menial jobs.

    Sectarian clashes in Egypt challenge revolutionary idealism 2011

  • The Copts are a largely Orthodox Christian group and make up about 10 percent of Egypt's 80 million people; they have long complained of discrimination, and many are consigned to menial jobs.

    Sectarian clashes in Egypt challenge revolutionary idealism 2011

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