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Intro -- Adel Guindy -- Copyright Information© -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Who Are the Copts? -- A Peaceful or Forceful Conquest? -- Rapacious Umayyads -- The Abbasids Squelch the Resistance -- The Turkish Walis: More Sorrows -- The Fatimids and the Adventures of Al-Ḥakem bi-Amr Allah -- The Decay and Demise of the Fatimid State -- The Wars of Ṣalaḥ Al-Deen Against the Kuffar -- The Copts in the Ayyubid Mill -- Harassed from All Directions -- The Slaves' State and Its Dark Days -- An Ottoman Paradise -- Bonaparte Knocks at the Door -- Mohammed Ali's Attempts to Exit the Dark Tunnel -- Fake Liberals, Real Fascists -- Dhimmis in the Republican Umma-State -- Overview and Analysis: The Copts Under Arab Islamic Rule -- Conclusion: Triumph of 'Islamocracy'© -- Afterword -- Appendices -- 1. The Impact of the 'Forgotten of History' on Civilization -- 1. Doctrinal Differentiation of Christianity -- 2. Monasticism and the Western Civilization -- 3. Philosophy -- 4. Science -- 5. Music, Art, and Architecture -- 6. Textiles and Crafts -- 7. A Fourth Century 'Red Cross' -- 2. Who Was 'Al-Muqawqis'? -- 3. The Historical Responsibility of the Copts -- Pope Dioscorus (444-454) -- Pope Benyamin (623-662) -- Pope Yousab I (830-849) -- Pope Ghobrial II (1131-1145) -- 4. Distinctive Identity and Provinciality -- 5. Pseudo-Apocalyptic Writings as -- 'Political Resistance' -- 6. Patriarchs of the Coptic Church -- 7. Glossary -- Bibliography -- Core Reference -- Primary References -- Other References -- Sites Accessed: -- Notes.