Infact history shows that Islam was a liberator for the Coptic Christians, as during
the time the Muslims came into Egypt the Coptic’s were under the assault of the
Romans who even though believed in the same religion believed in another
denomination. You would find some of them claiming the other was deviant or
claiming the others were astray.
So when the Muslims entered Egypt ending for the Coptic’s years of conflict with the
Romans, Islam offered them the freedom to worship and have there festivities, the
Christians or at least the vast majority of them embraced Islam recognizing the clear
similarities in their own tradition.
This is why one finds up to today the camaraderie between these two religions
present till this day.
Had it been the case that the Muslims were forcing for them to become Muslim you
would not find a single Christian in Egypt today.
So the notion that Islam forced the Christian’s of Egypt to embrace Islam is a false
one.
One should note that the sword was only used in situations of war where the
spreading of Islam was being halted or in defending the religions core beliefs or its
adheres if they come under attack.
So the real sword of Islam is the invitation to Islam.
Islam is increasing day by day and is the fastest growing religion in the worlds, and
the statistics prove this idea.
They also ask attackingly:
Why has Islam imposed the taxation on the non-believers,
The Jizya is a poll-tax that is paid by the non-believing citizen who lives under the
freedom and protection of the Muslims from any attack. Keep in mind that the
Muslim already gives the annual Alms tax from his property.
And so it would be unjust to make the Muslim pay alone when the defense of a
country everyone benefits from it.
It should be noted that when any non-Muslim pays this Tax it is incumbent upon the
Muslims of the country to defend him so long as he lived under the Muslims.
To demonstrate this point further here is a quote from Khalid Ibn Waleed.