ʻO Assiut kahi kūlanakauhale mākaʻikaʻi liʻiliʻi, mālama ʻia, mālie ma ʻAigupita me ka liʻiliʻi o nā hiʻohiʻona post-Pharaonic e loaʻa ana i nā mākaʻikaʻi ākea ākea. No ka mea hoʻokahi, ʻo ka Al Muharraq Monastery kokoke i ka ʻaoʻao komohana o Qusqam, ma kahi o 50 mau kilomita ma ke komohana ʻākau o Assiut, he hale mōneka paʻa 12 mika kiʻekiʻe i kūkulu ʻia e Anba Pachoimous i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia.

Aia i loko o ka hale pule kahiko loa i hoʻolaʻa ʻia ma ka honua Kalikiano i ka makahiki 38 AD (me ka pā kaua i kūkulu ʻia ma hope e King Xenon i 474 AD), a ukali ʻia e ka Ekalesia o Mar Girgis i kūkulu ʻia ma 1898 a ma hope, ua kūkulu ʻia ka Halepule o ka Virgin Hemolele i Malaki. 1960. Ua manaʻo ʻia ua kipa ka ʻohana Hemolele i kēia wahi no ʻeono mahina a me 10 mau lā ma hope o ko lākou holo ʻana i Palesetina ma ko lākou ala i ʻAigupita.

ʻO ka mea pōʻino, i kēia mau lā, ua hoʻopilikia ka ʻohana e noho ana ma Halim Pasha Dus villa e pili ana i nā hakakā ma waena o nā mōneka mai ka Al-Muharraq Monastery. Ua hoʻāla ʻia ka hakakā ʻana ma muli o nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i kahi kuleana waiwai pilikino. Wahi a Mamdouh Thabit o ka Al Mis al Youm, ua hana ʻia nā hakakā ma hope o kahi hōʻuluʻulu huna liʻiliʻi o 25 mau mōneka ma ka māla villa o Dus. Ua koi lākou i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka waiwai ma ke ʻano he endowment o ka monastery. Ua hoʻohewa nā mōneka i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole o nā mākaʻi. No lākou, ua hōʻoia nā lālā o ka ʻohana kamaʻāina ua loaʻa iā lākou ka villa mai 1942, e kākoʻo ikaika ana i kā lākou koi me nā palapala.

ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ua hōʻoia ʻo Father Pachoimous, ke kākau ʻōlelo monastery, i ke kumu o ka hālāwai malū o nā mōneka no ka pale ʻana i nā haʻawina monastery e makemake ai ka ʻohana e hopu me nā palapala hoʻopunipuni. Hōʻike ke kahuna i ka monastery nā palapala a me ke poʻo inoa a ʻike i nā ʻaoʻao maoli ma hope o ia ʻano ʻino e hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia inā ʻaʻole e hoʻoholo koke ʻia, wahi a Thabit.

ʻOiai i manaʻo ʻia he wahi hoʻomana a me ka maluhia o loko, ʻike ʻia ka Al-Muharraq Monastery me ka hoʻomāinoino sectarian a kaumaha i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka hoʻomana. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ʻōlelo ʻo Father Philoxenos o ka Al-Muharraq Monastery ʻaʻole pono nā Karistiano e kipa iā Ierusalema koe wale nō me ko lākou mau kaikunāne Muslim. No laila ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i ka Al-Muharraq Monastery kahi koho lua no ka poʻe haipule. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e wehewehe kēia i ke kumu i kūkulu ʻia ai kona mau pā ma ke ʻano like me nā pā o Ierusalema. ʻO ka manaʻo manaʻo o ka Coptic Orthodox Church ʻo ia ka huakaʻi hele i ka Monastery of Al-Muharraq Monastery e like me kahi huakaʻi i Ierusalema.

Me he mea lā e kahakiʻi mau ana ka hoʻomana i waena o nā kānaka ma ke kauhale mākaʻikaʻi liʻiliʻi o Assiut a me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe. Eia nō naʻe, aia ka ʻāpana Coptic a me Muslim e like me ka blur i ka waena - pōmaikaʻi. Noho pū kēia poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo ma ke kauhale.

Ma waho aʻe o nā hiʻohiʻona Coptic o ke kaona, ʻo Assiut ka nui o nā mea koʻikoʻi Islam me ka Al Farrgal Mosque o Abu Tig, ma kahi o 27 Km hema o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hale pule nui loa ma luna o ʻAigupita. Hōʻike ʻia ka Al Farrgal e nā minarets ʻelua me ka lua kupapaʻu o Mohamed Al Farrgal, kekahi o nā poʻokela o ka honua Muslim. Aia ma ke alanui ʻo Al Thawra ka Fouad Institute i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka Mōʻī ʻAigupita ʻo Fouad.

Ua kūkulu mua ʻia i ka makahiki 1928 a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1938 e ke aupuni mōʻī, ua hoʻokipa ka hale kaila Islam i nā haumāna e aʻo ana i ka jurisprudence ma Islam a me ka ʻepekema. Ma ke kauhale o Dashlout, aia ʻo Dairout i ka Mosque Abu Al Oyoon, 7k km komohana komohana o Assiut. Me ka hoʻolālā paʻakikī, hale ka hale pule i ka hale kupapaʻu o Sheikh Ibrahim Abu Al Oyoon, ka moʻopuna a ka moʻopuna ʻo Ibrahim Abu Al Oyoon Al Sharif Al Magrabi i hele mai mai Morocco i ʻAigupita i ka makahiki 1926 AD. ʻO ka hope loa, ʻo ka Al Mugahedeen Mosque i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Assiut i nā lā Ottoman ma kahi o 1706 AD, ʻo ia ka monument i hoʻokumu ʻia e Mohamed Bey, i kūkulu ʻia i kahi hoʻolālā Ottoman ʻokoʻa, me kahi minaret kiʻekiʻe loa i hoʻonani ʻia i ke ʻano maʻamau o Mamlouk.

Ke nānā aku nei ka honua Muslim i ka Hajj a me ka Umrah, hele ka poʻe pilgrims e ʻimi i nā koho huakaʻi ma hope o Mecca i kēia ʻano pua, kahi ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita e like me Assiut.

I kēia manawa, hakakā ʻo Copts me ka nūhou e pili ana i nā hakakā ma waena o nā mea nona ka waiwai maʻamau a me nā kāne e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻolaha i ka maluhia ma Assiut.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

It includes the oldest church consecrated in the Christian world in the 38 AD (with the fort built later by King Xenon in 474 AD), followed by the Church of Mar Girgis built in 1898 and later, the Church of the Holy Virgin built in March 1960.
Finally, the Al Mugahedeen Mosque established in Assiut in the Ottoman days circa 1706 AD, is the monument founded by Mohamed Bey, built in a distinct Ottoman design, with a very high, richly-decorated minaret in typical Mamlouk fashion.
For one, the Al Muharraq Monastery near the western side of Qusqam, some 50 kilometers northwest of Assiut, is a 12-meter-high fortressed monastery built by Anba Pachoimous at the beginning of the century.