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[QUOTE]Originally posted by supercar: [QB] [QUOTE]rasol: Islam and Christianity use different methods of religous conquest. Christianity does not have a 'single language' of the faith as Islam does.[/QUOTE] That is what Arabization is all about, using religion as a leverage. This is a phenomenon Gadalla was referring to, in terms of how the minority ruling elite or post colonial bourgeois have been able to get some leverage in consolidating power in contemporary Egypt. Most of these elites would identify themselves as primarily Egyptians no doubt, but won't hesistate to intimately emphasize their "Arab" nationalism. [QUOTE]rasol: The Copts were in some ways more notorious than the Arabs in terms of single minded destruction of what they regarded as a pagan African culture. (ethnically the copts are diverse, although their are on average more Eurasian elements than African)[/QUOTE] ...which must have had some influence on Gadalla's views on Copts. The catchword here is "relativism". There is certainly the viewpoint that Fellahins, particularly in upper Egypt, have the least foreign admixture and therefore the more "pure" descendants of Ancient Egypt founders. [This message has been edited by supercar (edited 22 December 2004).] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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