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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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ISBN 9781643787619 (Hardback)

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