Mokattam Mountain

Faith Across the Ages of Egypt: Pharaohs to the Moving Mountain (Contents)

Faith Across the Ages of Egypt: Pharaohs to the Moving Mountain, Faith Across the Ages of Egypt: Pharaohs to the Moving Mountain

Contents – Religion, Egypt, Faith, Mokattam Mountain

Chapter 1 – The Dawn of Egyptian Spirituality Chapter 2 – Foreign Influence and Religious Syncretism Chapter 3 – The Rise of Christianity and the Coptic Identity Chapter 4 – Doctrinal Conflict and the Coptic Church Chapter 5 – The Arab Conquest of Egypt (641 CE) Chapter 6 – Gradual…
Chapter 8 – Egypt under the Fatimids

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Egypt, Miracle, Mokattam Mountain

Part IV – The Fatimid Era and the Miracle of Mokattam Mountain 8.1 The Rise of the Fatimid Caliphate The Fatimid Caliphate (909–1171 CE) emerged in North Africa as an Ismāʿīlī Shiʿa dynasty claiming direct descent from the Prophet Muḥammad through his daughter Fāṭima. Unlike the Sunni Abbasids in Baghdad,…
Chapter 9 – The Story of Saint Simon the Tanner

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Egypt, Miracle, Mokattam Mountain, Saint Simon

Part IV – The Fatimid Era and the Miracle of Mokattam Mountain 9.1 Historical and Religious Context The reign of Caliph al-Muʿizz li-Dīn Allāh (953–975 CE) was marked by prosperity, intellectual debate, and religious tolerance. Within his pluralistic court, inter-faith disputations were encouraged as demonstrations of the empire’s scholarly sophistication.…
Chapter 10 – The Miracle Re-examined

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Egypt, Miracle, Mokattam Mountain

Part IV – The Fatimid Era and the Miracle of Mokattam Mountain 10.1 Primary Sources and Transmission The earliest and most authoritative record of the Moving of Mokattam appears in the Coptic History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria, compiled between the 11th and 13th centuries (Gawdat & Vivian 2013). The…
Chapter 11 – Muslim and State Perspectives

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Egypt, Islam, Mokattam Mountain

Part IV – The Fatimid Era and the Miracle of Mokattam Mountain 11.1 Fatimid Pragmatism and Religious Neutrality The Fatimid Caliphate (969–1171 CE) was remarkable for its administrative sophistication and religious pragmatism. While the Caliphs were Ismāʿīlī Shiʿa, they governed a majority Sunni Muslim and Coptic Christian population with deliberate…
Chapter 12 – From Miracle to Memory

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Egypt, Miracle, Mokattam Mountain

Part V – Modern Egypt and Religious Continuity 12.1 The Enduring Presence of Mokattam Over a millennium after the supposed Moving of the Mountain, the Mokattam Hills still dominate Cairo’s eastern skyline—no longer a site of fear or debate, but of worship, art, and community life. The Coptic Church continues…
Chapter 13 – The Enduring Coptic and Islamic Identities

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Egypt, Islam, Mokattam Mountain

Part V – Modern Egypt and Religious Continuity 13.1 Egypt as a Land of Two Faiths Modern Egypt remains one of the world’s oldest and most complex religious landscapes. Roughly 90–92% of Egyptians are Muslim, predominantly Sunni, while 8–10% are Christian, almost entirely Coptic Orthodox (CAPMAS 2021). Both faiths claim…
Chapter 14 – The Legacy of Faith: Lessons from Mokattam

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Egypt, Faith, Mokattam Mountain

Part V – Modern Egypt and Religious Continuity 14.1 The Journey of Faith through Time From the pharaohs to the Fatimids, and from the Copts to contemporary Cairo, Egypt’s history is not merely political — it is profoundly spiritual. Across 5,000 years, belief has taken many forms: Each era has…