REL STD 5A Lecture Notes - Traditional African Religion, Samanid Empire, Polytheism
27 May 2014
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Islam is not only a post-jewish, post-christian religion, but also a missionary religion. Muslims believed that they were also one of the religions of the book, but had the true message that was to be worshipped by everyone. They believed that their message was to intended to be practiced in a community, so they believed it was important for them to regulate their relations with non-muslim citizens, especially jews and christians, and eventually, zoroastrians and hindus. As a religio-political power, islam was spread by conquest and military occupation in the first century and subsequent centuries, contributing to islam"s dominance. Over time, the influence of mystics, teachers, and traders, through preachings and living examples of muslims, that helped spread islam further out of. In the late seventh century, muslims moved into north africa, which had been an important roman province and home of latin christianity, spreading the islamic culture.
