Islamism - 5

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Please read the following lectures

History Guide- Christianity as a Cultural Revolution


Early Church fathers- St Jerome and St Augustine


Bzyantine Civilization


Islamic Civilization

See the progression and integration of Christian elements in Islam. There are parallel lives of Christian Siants and Muhammed.

Is it possible that Muhammed was really a Christian sect follower in a non-Roman ruled area who brought in Roman-Christian traditions into non Roman rules areas? He did not like the lite version of Roman Christian and developed his own hard version where the mercy that Jesus talsk about is shown only to the beleivers.

Note that his 'new' faith spread like wildfire in all areas that were essentially non-Roman_ Syria, Egypt etc. All these new areas were 'conquered' or rather submitted to provide an alternate power center to Rome and restore their primacy in the Middle East and beyond.

See the parallels between the German tribes that adopted Arianism and conquered for Rome and the Turks who adopted Sufism and conquered for Islam.

Persia took 900 years from 650 AD to 1550 (Safavid) again there was no large non-Roman Christian population. Even in India, Islam showed up in Kerala and then other areas(Sind etc) by conquest.

Its all about political power in times of uncertainity(jahilliya) which coincides with the fall of Rome.
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