RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Henri De Boulainvilliers, Handia (Drink), Polytheism
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For more than a millennium islam seemed to be a threat for europeans: contributes to how muslims are regarded as enemies of christianity and western civilizations. Political threat came with the conquest of spain by arabs at beginning of 8th century and ended with siege of vienne by ottoman turks. Islam was only religion to come after christianity he(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:858)u(cid:374)a(cid:272)(cid:272)epta(cid:271)le(cid:859) as a true religio(cid:374: often considered to be a heresy of christianity. Medie(cid:448)al europea(cid:374) i(cid:373)age of isla(cid:373) is distorted as the(cid:455) did(cid:374)(cid:859)t a(cid:272)(cid:272)ept muha(cid:373)ad saw. Lack of linguistic knowledge can cause this refusal to believe. In 1143 first latin translation of quran was revealed and shortly after ones in basie, italian, German and dutch translations were created: few rare scholars started to show interest in arabic language. Henri de boulainvilliers portrayed muhammad as a man who preached religion based on and conforming to reason.
