Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.08 10/3/83; site psuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!psuvax!simon From: simon@psuvax.UUCP (Janos Simon) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Re: anti-religious flame - (nf) Message-ID: <901@psuvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 12:04:49 EST Article-I.D.: psuvax.901 Posted: Thu Mar 22 12:04:49 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Mar-84 21:32:54 EST References: <6290@uiucdcs.UUCP> Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ. Lines: 16 [] Just a bit of history: during the muslim domination of parts of the Iberic peninsula, there was widespread religious tolerance. In particular, muslim rulers allowed both Catholic and Jewish practices. This was also true of many Christian rulers - one of the Castillan princes (I can't recall the name, somebody The Wise, approx. XIII century) prided himself of being the "ruler of three religions". It was only around the time the "moors" were being driven out, and Spain unified, that rabid Catholicism drove Muslim and Jewish people out, and brought the Sacred Inquisition in. Incidentally, muslim intolerance towards other religions has varied greatly: the califs of Bagdad (remember Harun al Rashid?) were extremely liberal. In fact, there was a lot more freedom (religious and other) in Bagdad a thousand years ago than there is today.