Islam in Egypt
From Mw
Introduction Islam came to Egypt very early on, with Mujahadeen invading Egypt in 640.
The following year, Amr ibn al As conquered Cairo (then known as Babylon) and renamed the city Al Fustat. By 647, after the surrender of Alexandria, the whole country was under Muslim rule. Amr, Egypt's first Muslim ruler, was influenced by the Prophet's advice that Muslims should be kind to the Egyptians because of their kinship ties to Arabs. According to Islamic tradition, Ismail's mother, Hagar, was of Egyptian origin
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[edit] Conquest of Egypt
[edit] Creation of Cairo
[edit] Muslim Brotherhood
A group established by Hassan AlBanna, an Egyptian teacher, in 1928 i.e. after the fall of Islamic Khilafa in 1924 by Kamal Ataturk. Its members are very active in the field of Dawa. They are working on conveying the message of Islam and restoring the Khilafa. They view Islam as a comprhensive way of life.
