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You had one group of people who believed in God that were completely wiped out by another who also believed in the same God.

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Completely wiped out? Christian copts were the majority for more than a century after Egypt became under Islamic rule, the shift took centuries of immigration and fertility rate changes. Many churches still stands in Egypt where they were before Islamic rule.

The copts themselves welcomed Islamic conquest as Muslims gave them more rights than previous rulers.

https://www.britannica.com/place/Egypt/From-the-Islamic-conq...

You are attempt to disguise your hate as history is a failure.

I’m not OP but to say Your article is incomplete and washed. It makes no mention of the jizya, Janissary, of slavery, persecution, or rape. Read a history book written by a copt like Sword & Scimitar and then look at the references. He references the Muslim sources themselves. Determine the truth from that. The west keeps washing the truth

Two, don't forget the jews.

Allahu akbar = (Our) God is greater

It's true that Islam is a Christian heresy but to be fair, Islam tries to be it's own State Religion only for the Arabs. So in that sense it's not the same God since they don't believe in the Trinity.

Fun fact - not every Christian sect believes in the trinity.

Another fun fact, the Jewish God and the Christian God are the same… it’s just that the Jewish God didn’t have a son who was also himself that killed himself only to resurrect himself negating the sacrifice

Incorrect translation, Allahu Akbar means “the god is the greatest”

Allah is not a name that came with Islam but existed before, it just means deity. the Al prefix is the definite singular form. It just says one thing: god is a singleton and nothing is above it.

No, the correct translation is "God is greater". And it was used as a war chant against Christians.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKCx0JHzPs2/

When Indian army regiments, with predominantly Sikh soldiers, fight any army, they rally themselves for battle with cries of "Wahe Guru ki Khalsa, Wahe Guru ki Fatah" (which roughly translates to "[We] the pure are of the almighty, and the triumph in making is also of the almighty). Pakistani army, predominantly Muslim soldiers, do use the rallying cry of "Allahu Akbar". It's debatable whether these chants are meant more for themselves, than directed at their "enemies".

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