Two different articles in Sout al-Azhar

and al-Musawar handled the Islamic

conquest of Egypt and its motives and circumstances. The article of Sout al-Azhar

attributed the conquest

to the importance of Egypt due to its geographical situation and its historical prestige as head of

civilization during many centuries. The other article listed details of Christian history in Egypt since

the early years of

the second century when Christianity clashed with the powerful paganism of Egypt till

the deep divisions of the fourth and

fifth century.