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From: simon@psuvax.UUCP (Janos Simon)
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Subject: Re: Re: anti-religious flame - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 12:04:49 EST
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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.