aammar
16-09-2012, 07:31 AM
“If we measure greatness by the extent of influence left by great men in the hearts of people we will see that Muhammad was one of the greatest men ever known to history.”
"To these Dhimmi --Christians, Zoroastrians, Sabaeans, Jews -- the Umayyad caliphate offered a degree of toleration hardly equaled in contemporary Christian lands.“
"Syria remained predominantly Christian until the third Muslim century; in the reign of Mammun (813-33) we hear of 11,000 Christian churches in Islam -- as well as hundreds of synagogues and fire temples. Christian festivals were freely and openly celebrated; Christian pilgrims came in safety to visit Christian shrines in Palestine.“
"In the ninth century the governor of Antioch appointed a special guard to keep Christian sects from massacring one another at church. Monasteries and nunneries flourished under the skeptical Umayyads; the Arabs admired the work of the monks in agriculture and reclamation“
"Gradually the non-Muslim populations adopted the Arabic language and dress, the laws and faith of the Koran"
"To these Dhimmi --Christians, Zoroastrians, Sabaeans, Jews -- the Umayyad caliphate offered a degree of toleration hardly equaled in contemporary Christian lands.“
"Syria remained predominantly Christian until the third Muslim century; in the reign of Mammun (813-33) we hear of 11,000 Christian churches in Islam -- as well as hundreds of synagogues and fire temples. Christian festivals were freely and openly celebrated; Christian pilgrims came in safety to visit Christian shrines in Palestine.“
"In the ninth century the governor of Antioch appointed a special guard to keep Christian sects from massacring one another at church. Monasteries and nunneries flourished under the skeptical Umayyads; the Arabs admired the work of the monks in agriculture and reclamation“
"Gradually the non-Muslim populations adopted the Arabic language and dress, the laws and faith of the Koran"