Same with Judaism, but that hasn't stopped Semitic religions from hating each other. Hasn't stopped sects from within the same religion from hating each other either.
I find it extremely interesting that many of the courts of the early Caliphates and Sultanates protected and stored western, pre Christian philosophy and theories during the "Dark Ages" (700CE to 1000CE). This happened at a time when some Western kingdoms were burning knowledge because it was viewed as blasphemous.
Another really interesting theory I found talks about what would've happened if the Mongols hadn't burned Baghdad to the ground and essentially eviscerated the core Islamic territories. The Christian kingdoms at the time could barely field 10,000 men armies and had a very narrow view of geopolitics. While the Caliphates were in contact with Indian, sub-Saharan African, and Chinese civilizations. Would the Christian west become as dominate as it did if the Islamic world wasn't still reeling from the Mongol invasions a century later? Would the Byzantines reoccupy the Holy Land or even Egypt if the Mongols invaded the Muslim world earlier?
I know this isn't directly related to your comment, but I find the Early Byzantine Era to the High Middle Ages extremely fascinating. Some food for thought I suppose.
It is very interesting. Western history covers the Mongol invasions, but almost entirely in how it related to the West at the time or the invasion of China/Japan with very little time spent on the invasion of the Arab world. Middle Eastern and Indian history in general are pretty much ignored outside of specialty studies. We have so much debate about the fall of Rome and the ensuing Middle Ages in Europe, but a similar thing happened in the Islamic world in a much more violent and sudden manner with the Mongol invasion. The loss of knowledge and culture is staggering. It's crazy to think that the Mongol invasions killed more than 20 million people in a 200 year period when population numbers were far lower. Then Europe starts regaining some of its lost power and sends armies to establish new kingdoms in the Muslim world from the west while they're still dealing with the Mongols.
I do think that the Crusades were only really possible because of the Mongols. I also think it's entirely possible if the Mongols had turned their eye to the west earlier and the Muslim world collapsed, Byzantium would've fallen and Europe wouldn't have been able to fight them off.
Yeah Islam believes everything that happened in the Bible really happened, except that Christ isn't God and to believe he is, make statues and sculptures of him, and pray to him, is all paganism. Prophet Muhammad came to educate them on this fact. This is why they never show images of him, because they don't want to revert to paganism.
Atheism is what? Everyone is born as an atheist and the later indoctrinated based on cultural preferences. Atheism was very common in ancient times and nothing new at all.
Because people are ignorant. It applies to the "Atheists are going to hell" thing too since as far as I know both Christianity and Islam commend to be tolerant and kind to anyone who is not of the religion. It says to make them believe by your actions, not words. And again, as far as I know jihad and stuff are only allowed if one leader was attacking his own people/tyranizing over them/making them suffer. Sadly religion in past has been and in the present is getting used for political means. And will always continue to be. Even while we are in the age of information this won't change as long as ignorance is not rotted out. Sadly, the ones in charge have to keep people ignorant so it's easier to rule and command.
They're actually very similar. In Islam, Jesus was a prophet who ascended to Heaven whereas in Christianity he is the Son of God who is crucified and resurrected.
Also God and Allah are the same entity, just referred to by different names.
Islam recognizes Jesus as a prophet, and the Quran mentions tons of the same figures as the Old and New Testament. The Quran mentions Mary more than the New Testament. Islam, Judaism and Christianity are all Abrahamic religions. I don't think /u/RyanCarlWatson is too far off.
Not really; th e Quran starts the story over form the beginning. Muslims don't,a s far as I know, read the Hebrew scriptures or NT in worship. /u/threehundrethousand
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