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Each religion and sect — Jews, Muslims (including Druse), Christians (including Armenian and Eastern Orthodox, Catholics, Protestants, Samaritans, and Copts), Baha’i, and several more — claims some piece of this sacred earth.
Keillor, by incorporating the names of the three youths in the fiery furnace into his blessing, is merely following in the footsteps of some of his forebears in esotericism, the Copts of early Christian Egypt, who often invoked Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego alongside such fantasy figures as Thoulal, Moulal, and Boulal in their magical charms.
The Copts, as they are known, have brought forth many influential individuals, including Boutros Boutros Ghali, former Secretary General of the United Nations.
The Greek alphabet was, in turn, used with modifications by the Lykians, Lydians, Etruscans, Copts, and Slavs.
The Copts in Egypt originally wrote their language (a derivative of pharaonic Egyptian) in Greek letters; today they read their prayers in Arabic transcription.