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Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt

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For the most part of their shared history, Copts and Muslims in Egypt have experienced bouts of sectarian tension alternating with peaceful coexistence. Copts and Muslims in Egypt tells the story o...
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For the most part of their shared history, Copts and Muslims in Egypt have experienced bouts of sectarian tension alternating with peaceful coexistence. Copts and Muslims in Egypt tells the story of Muslim–Christian relations in Egypt from the coming of Islam to the aftermath of the January 2011 revolution. It begins by describing how the Church of Alexandria came into existence, and created a monastic tradition that would influence the whole of Christendom, before exploring the theological controversies that plagued the Eastern Roman world before the advent of Islam. After bouts of persecution by the Roman emperors, the Copts were strongly opposed by the Melkite Church, but, with the Arab invasion of Egypt in the seventh century, they achieved a measure of independence and individuality that they retained over the centuries. The Copts were also subjected to periods of persecution—by rulers from the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid dynasties, and under the Mamluks—but by and large, a relatively satisfactory form of cohabitation was established. The authors argue that, even if they were occasionally attacked and persecuted, the Copts generally shared the fortunes of their Muslim neighbors, and that religious difference in Egypt was frequently exploited by rulers, both internal and external, for political gain. Copts and Muslims in Egypt provides an engaging and highly readable account of communal relations through key points in Egyptian history.
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Price: £29.99
Pages: 300
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Imprint: The American University in Cairo Press
Publication Date: 12 March 2019
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9789774168703
Format: Paperback
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"A clear and very readable account, it includes translations of several Coptic and Arabic sources, otherwise not easily available."—AramcoWorld

List of Figures
Notes on Translation
Acknowledgment
Dedication
Introduction
1 Early Christianity in Egypt
Early Christianity in Egypt
The Catechetical School of Alexandria
Monastic Egypt
Diocletian and the Persecution of Christians
Athanasius and the Separation of the Coptic Church
2 The Coming of Islam
Egypt Before the Arab Invasion
The Arabs Arrive in Egypt
Was Egypt Acquired by a Treaty or by Force?
How the Arabs Saw Egypt for the First Time
The Library of Alexandria
Conditions Imposed on Non-Muslims
Early Administration Under Amr Ibn al-As
3 Early Arab Dynasties: The Umayyads and the Abbasids
The Umayyad Dynasty (661-750 A.D.)
The Abbasid Dynasty (750-1517 A.D.)
4 Era of Independent Muslim Dynasties
The Tulunid Dynasty (884-896 A.D.)
The Ikhshidi Dynasty (935-969 A.D.)
The Fatimid Dynasty (909- 1171 A.D.)
The Ayyubid Dynasty (1171-1250 A.D.)
Mohamed Tal’at Harb (1867-194 A.D.)
Rosa al-Yusuf (1888-1958 A.D.)
5 The Mamluk Era (1250-1517 A.D.)
6 The Islamization of Egypt
Threats to Islam from Mongols and Europeans
Changing Demography in the South of Egypt
Rich Coptic Administrators and Tax Collectors
Marriage and Conversion
The Shift from Coptic to Arabic Language
7 Egypt Under the Ottomans (1517-1798)
Turkish Rule
Coptic-Muslim Relations
The Decline of the Ottoman Dynasty
8 The French Adventure in Egypt (1798-1801 A.D.)
Under Napoleonic Rule
Mu’allim Ya’qub: Hero or Traitor?
The End of the French Adventure in Egypt and Its Effects
9 Mohamed Ali Dynasty (1805-1952)
The Founder of Modern Egypt
The Dynasty After the Death of Mohamed Ali
The Coptic Church and Colonialism
10 The Urabi Revolt (1879- 1882 A.D.)
The British, the Muslims, and the Copts
11 Egypt Under the British (1881-1954 A.D.)
12 From Revolt to Revolution (1919-1952 A.D.)
The Wafd Party (1923-1952)
Political Islam
The Copts and Political Islam
Copt-Muslim Relations Among Intellectuals
The Problem of Building Churches in Twentieth Century Egypt
13 The 1952 Revolt and the Nasser Era (1954-1970)
The Coptic Church in Transition
14 The Sadat Era (1970-1981)
Financing and Political Islam
The Rise of Political Islam Under Sadat
[a-head]Sadat’s Difficult Years
15 The Mubarak Era (1981-2011 A.D.)
The Return of Pope Shenouda
A Changing Political, Social, and Economic Climate
16 The January 25 (2011) Revolution and its Aftermath
Epilogue
Appendix 1
Taha Hussein (1889-1973 A.D.)
Salama Musa (1887-1958 A.D.)
Makram Ebeid (1889-1961 A.D.)
Jurji Zaidan (1861-1914 A.D.)
Appendix 2
Notes
Bibliography
Index