ما قاله غاندي :

‎"Some one has said that Europeans in South Africa dread the advent Islam -- Islam that civilized Spain, ‎Islam that took the torch light to Morocco and preached to the world the Gospel of brotherhood. The ‎Europeans of South Africa dread the Advent of Islam. They may claim equality with the white races. ‎They may well dread it, if brotherhood is a sin. If it is equality of colored races then their dread is well ‎founded."‎



بعد أن استسلم البيزنطيون في مصر لجيش عمرو بن العاص هل أخبرك أحد بما حصل للأقباط الذين ساعدوا العرب

the Byzantines agreed to the second option. The Arab conquerors treated the Egyptian Copts ‎well. ‎During the battle for Egypt, the Copts had either remained neutral or had actively ‎supported the ‎Arabs. After the surrender, the Coptic patriarch was reinstated, exiled bishops ‎were called home, ‎and churches that had been forcibly turned over to the Byzantines were ‎returned to the Copts. Amr ‎allowed Copts who held office to retain their positions and appointed ‎Copts to other offices.‎

وافق البيزنطيون على الخيار الثاني (الجزية). وعامل القاهرون العرب الأقباط معاملة حسنة. وكان الأخيرين خلال معركة مصر إما ‏محايدين أو كانت لهم نشاطات في دعم القوات العربية. وهنا تحولت السيادة الى العرب من البيزنطيين. فأعيد البطاركة الأقباط ‏الى مراكزهم واستدعي الأساقفة المنفيين الى مصر وأعيد فتح الكنائس التي أغلقها البيزنطيين وأعيد للأقباط مراكزهم.‏

المصدر:
Library of Congress Country Studies
Photius Coutsoukis
Revised 04-Jul-02‎