“Who are the Copts?”

For those of you who’re trying to make sense of what’s going on in the Middle East — of, for example, the massacre of Christians perpetrated by ISIS a few days ago in Libya, as opposed to the newer massacre perpetrated by ISIS in Iraq’s Anbar Province on Tuesday — here’s an item from 2012:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/juneweb-only/who-are-copts.html?utm_source=connection-html&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_term=1281995&utm_content=336200949&utm_campaign=2013

Incidentally, I continue to recommend the article referenced here:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants.html

It’s superb.  Very helpful.