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Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah — The Fatimid Caliph Who Persecuted Christians Was Not Muslim, His Mother Was Christian, and He Claimed to Be God

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Shocking Facts About the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah — Who Really Persecuted Christians?

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The Christian Claim

What Christians Claim On Christian websites, Christians mourn and cry over their ancestors, claiming that they were persecuted by the Fatimid Caliph (Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah). Christians even claim that this Caliph destroyed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre — and from here, Christians claim that Muslim rulers have mistreated Christians since ancient times.
But See the Shocking Truth That Christians Have Hidden from You

Fact 1 — His Mother Was Christian and His Uncle Was the Patriarch of Jerusalem

First Shocking Fact The Fatimid Caliph (Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah) had a Roman Christian mother with great influence over him — and his uncle was the Patriarch of Jerusalem.

Will Christians criticize themselves now?!

Fact 2 — He Was Not a Muslim — He Was an Ismaili Shiite Who Claimed Divinity

He Was Not a Muslim This Caliph was not a Muslim — but rather an Ismaili Shiite, following the path of his Fatimid ancestors.

He went further and called for his own deification starting in the year 408 AH.

The Druze Connection The Druze of Lebanon believe that God was embodied in the person of (Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah) — and they still worship him to this day, though in secret.

This alone disqualifies any attempt to label his actions as representative of Islam or Muslim rulers.

Fact 3 — He Was Not from the Lineage of Fatima

The Fatimid Lineage Was a Lie Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah was not from the lineage of Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet ﷺ — as the Fatimids falsely claimed.

In reality, he descended from a Jewish man who claimed to be the Mahdi.

Fact 4 — He Also Killed Muslims and Demolished Mosques

He Persecuted Muslims Too Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah did not limit his persecution to Christians. He also:
  • Killed Muslims
  • Slaughtered Islamic scholars
  • Demolished mosques

His persecution was indiscriminate — directed at Muslims and non-Muslims alike. He was not acting as a Muslim ruler — he was acting as a tyrant who had declared himself divine.

Conclusion

Summary The narrative that “Muslim rulers persecuted Christians” — built on the actions of Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah — collapses entirely under scrutiny:
  1. His mother was Christian and his uncle was the Patriarch of Jerusalem — the persecution cannot be cleanly attributed to Muslim animus toward Christians
  2. He was not a Muslim — he was an Ismaili Shiite who later claimed to be God, and is still worshipped as divine by the Druze today
  3. He was not from the lineage of the Prophet ﷺ — the Fatimid claim of descent from Fatima was fabricated, tracing instead to a Jewish claimant of the Mahdi
  4. He also killed Muslims, scholars, and demolished mosques — his tyranny was universal, not anti-Christian

Attributing his actions to Islam or to Muslim rulers as a class is historically dishonest.

References

Source Medieval History — Cambridge University Press | Volume 5 | Page 253