" The glad tidings of the Islamic conquest of Egypt and the position of the Egyptians towards it

Abstract

Egypt during the Byzantine rule was directly subject to the Byzantine Empire, and egypt was one of the economically important countries for the Roman state as it was the source of wheat and grain, but the existence of differences in belief was a major reason for the persecution of the Byzantine rule of the Egyptian people, so the conditions of Egypt were not before the Islamic conquest in The best case, as the Egyptian people were affected at the economic, social, religious and political level, and Christians were persecuted throughout the rule of the Romans. This was reflected in the Islamic conquest of Egypt, where the Egyptian Copts welcomed the Muslims because they found in this religion justice, tolerance and freedom of belief. They speak the Coptic language and practice their religious rites