Unrest erupted in Egypt early in the Islamic era, since the Caliphate of ‘Uthmaan ibn ‘Affaan. More

Just as Egypt under the Islamic rule witnessed periods of strength and prosperity over the ages, it also witnessed periods of degradation and decline. More

The Muslim Brotherhood movement, which was established by Imam Hasan Al-Banna, fought many battles against colonialism, Zionism, ignorance, and dependency. More

Under Ottoman rule, Egypt became an Ottoman province that was ruled from the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, and went through some periods of power and prominence. More

Under the rule of the Mamluk State, Egypt became the capital of the Islamic world. More

Salaahud-Deen, left a clear imprint in the Islamic history of Egypt that had reached its climax in the fields of defense and military due to the famous victory in the Battle of Hitteen. More

Ahmad ibn Tuloon skillfully utilized Egypt’s human potentials and resources and made full use of them. His reign was considered the real beginning of the Islamic state in Egypt; due to the fact that Egypt had reached the peak in all aspects of life; political, social and artistic. Egypt even surpassed the government of the Abbasid Caliphate, More

In fact, the Muslims managed to absorb all the cultures and civilizations of the peoples in the countries that they had conquered and benefited from them in the establishment of their Islamic civilization in those countries. As a result, the Islamic civilization was the greatest known civilization to mankind in the middle ages. More

In the era of the Governors, the Muslim rulers paid great attention to the Egyptian economy. Shortly after the Islamic conquest, they were keen to boost agriculture in Egypt. They were keen to increase the yields and the crops and to improve the irrigation system; therefore, they set up nilometers to monitor the increase and decrease in the flood More

The two fleets, the Egyptian and the Muslim, met with the Byzantine fleet in Phoenix on the Lycia coast, south of Asia Minor [Anatolia], in a battle that became known as Thaat As-Sawaari (the Battle of the Masts). The Muslims tied their ships to the Byzantine ships. As the fleets came to touch each other, a fierce hand-to-hand fight with swords More

‘Amr ibn Al-‘Aas, May Allaah Be Pleased with him, built the first mosque in Egypt in 21 AH at Al-Fustaat. The mosque symbolized the emergence of Islam in Egypt and the dominance of the Islamic state over the country. ‘Amr ibn Al-‘Aas Mosque was known during the times of its prosperity as “the Crown of Mosques”, and was known later on More

‘Amr ibn Al-‘Aas hastened to implant the seeds of the Islamic civilization in the Egyptian lands. He was keen to spread Islam all over the country. The first thing he did was building a new city named Al-Fustaat to make it the new capital of the country and the seat of rule. It was said that after ‘Amr ibn Al-‘Aas, May Allaah Be Pleased More