Canonical Islam came later and introduced religious intolerance

Submitted by Dave (United States), Feb 24, 2022 at 19:57

I can understand Prashant's thinking that Muhammad's alleged inclusion of monotheists as equals would have excluded Asians, but his concern misses the point. In the seventh century, in the region where Muhammad was from, Asians were irrelevant as he was probably from around Jordan. In any case, the evidence is that he, or at least the group that overthrew the Romans in that area, were not fussy about religious distinctions. It was a broadly base coalition and religion was secondary to the need to fight the Romans. Unfortunately, canonical Islam was developed much later and was intolerant and violent. In a sense, Prashant is right as religious conviction here trumps historical accuracy, rendering the earlier events somewhat moot.

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