(Middle East Christian)
* The Crisis started with the Islamic Invasion in the 7th Century, When Amro Bin El-Ass (Islamic Leader and Soldier) conquered Egypt at 642 AD. From these early days the disaster started to occur.
* The Islamic Arabic tribes were not civilized and barbarian. There original habitat was the desert, so, they used to live a primitive kind of life. While the surrounding nations were a very civilized ones. Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Yemen, ?etc, were nations of great history. Egypt for example, had 3,000 years (by that time) of traditions and civilization. Its history was full of glorious events, teachings, buildings, philosophies, and religious systems and prayers. The interaction between barbarians and so civilized countries, erased most of the cultures of the old Middle East. The new Middle East era started after the Arabic invasion. This area once was the leader for the old world in civilization became an Arabic territory, full of stupidity, ignorance and primitivism.
* For the 1st two centuries after the invasion, Copts were still the majority of Egypt. Their language was still sound and clear. But later, one of the Patriarchs of the Copts started to translate the Coptic mass and prayers to the Arabic language, and that - later on - included even the liturgy and the old writings of the Copts philosophers.
* The translations were not so good; it got infected with the Islamic features and traditions. Other collections of writings were added from the catholic scripts. Later by the 13th century the Arabic culture transformed the Coptic culture to a Semi-Islamic One.
The Islamic effects spread to affect many issues:
2) Islam was concerned with lows and regulations, and so did the Church.
3) Islam was interested in prevention of normal mixing of males and females in the community, and so did the Church.
4) Islam was and still like the Old Testament. Dealing with humans from outside not changing people from inside.
Fasting days increased tremendously, Jesus started to be far away in the 7th heaven (like the Islamic God; Allah). The Copts got used to fear god and stopped loving him. The Coptic saints started to become closer to their hearts instead of Jesus. The intercession of saints and priests became the rule and the way to Loving Father And His Son Jesus became blocked with more and more rituals and prayers.
Now, we are asking for reformation of the Coptic Church, and sending a warning alarm to other Christians "Be careful, your are playing with the Devil himself" .