dzheremi
Coptic Orthodox non-Egyptian
- Aug 27, 2014
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This is also funny, because the answer essentially says they need to learn as much as is necessary to pray, but not necessarily for other purposes, but even to understand the question, they have to talk about and translate Arabic terms. Hahaha.
I can't imagine doing this sort of thing and still expecting to be taken seriously as a religion for all mankind, as I know Islam sees itself to be. While it is advantageous in my own church to know Arabic, it is in no way required, and probably if you surveyed any number of Coptic people you would find at best a rather ambiguous attitude towards its use, especially in the diaspora, probably dominated by pragmatic concerns (i.e., the makeup of any given parish) rather than religious ones. Arabic is the invader's language in the case of the Egyptians, Syrians, Imazighen, and many other indigenous Middle Eastern and African people.
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