RELG 101 Lecture 20: RELG 101 - Introduction to World Religions: Western Traditions - Lecture 20: Presence of Islam in the Western World

• School: UBC
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 101
• Professor: Andres Varhola

Document Summary

Relg 101 - introduction to world religions: western traditions - lecture 20: presence of. Situation of christianity in medieval europe - often in a very serious and unwanted position. Islam was dominant in spain for 7 and half centuries. The conversion was not as black and white. 1492 - when the christian forces reconquered spain, they were in the position of being forced to persecuted or convert to christianity. Many of them find their place in some european countries as refugees. Only bosnia (50% of population) converted to islam. Had its own heretical type of christianity that was looked down by. Felt dissatisfied with the treatment they received. One of the most dominant reasons for the presence of muslims in the last century or so is pre colonization. After the first world war, we see the breakup of the former colonized systems - one of the outcomes of this complex interactions between former colonies and former colonizers.