By Adel Guindy
A Sword Over the Nile: A Brief History of the Copts Under Islamic Rule
Copyright © Adel Guindy (2020)
Table of Content
Foreword – by Raymond Ibrahim………………………………………………… 7
Introduction………………………………………………………………………….. 13
Who Are the Copts?……………………………………………………………….. 22
A Peaceful or Forceful Conquest?…………………………………………….. 32
Rapacious Umayyads………………………………………………………………. 47
The Abbasids Squelch the Resistance………………………………………… 68
The Turkish Walis: More Sorrows……………………………………………. 82
The Fatimids and the Adventures of Al-Ḥakem bi-Amr Allah……….. 95
The Decay and Demise of the Fatimid State ……………………………… 117
The Wars of Ṣalaḥ Al-Deen Against the Kuffar …………………………. 131
The Copts in the Ayyubid Mill………………………………………………… 143
Harassed From All Directions………………………………………………… 161
The Slaves’ State and Its Dark Days………………………………………… 179
An Ottoman Paradise……………………………………………………………. 201
Bonaparte Knocks at the Door………………………………………………… 221
Mohammed Ali’s Attempts to Exit the Dark Tunnel ………………….. 241
Fake Liberals, Real Fascists……………………………………………………. 268
Dhimmis in the Republican Umma-State…………………………………… 285
Overview and Analysis: The Copts Under Arab Islamic Rule……… 304
Conclusion: Triumph of ‘Islamocracy’©…………………………………… 353
Afterword – by Lord David Alton…………………………………………….. 361
Appendices …………………………………………………………………………. 365
1. The Impact of the ‘Forgotten of History’ on Civilization ………….. 367
2. Who Was ‘Al-Muqawqis’?…………………………………………………. 374
3. The Historical Responsibility of the Copts………………………….. .. 376
4. Distinctive Identity and Provinciality…………………………………… 382
5. Pseudo-Apocalyptic Writings as ‘Political Resistance’…………….. 386
6. Patriarchs of the Coptic Church…………………………………………. 390
7. Glossary……………………………………………………………………….. 395
Bibliography………………………………………………………………………… 400
Notes…………………………………………………………………………………… 405
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Guindy, Adel
A Sword Over the Nile: A Brief History of the Copts Under Islamic Rule
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