RE: Early Christianity in Asia and Africa
May 1, 2016 at 8:38 pm
(This post was last modified: May 1, 2016 at 8:44 pm by Regina.)
(May 1, 2016 at 8:25 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:I don't believe the "convert or die" stories because it's obvious that didn't happen.
It did happen on both sides but there was not a systematic plan at least early on. Once the muslims faced an existential threat like that of the Mongols that did change. And, the xtians were entirely willing to slaughter muslims wherever they found them and had been since the Crusades.
I can see this. Happened in Malta
It was colonized by Arabs in The Middle Ages and became predominantly Muslim. You can still hear this in the Maltese language and many Maltese surnames today, clearly Arabic-based. Censuses taken at the time showed small Christian and Jewish minorities, apparently not very persecuted. The Normans arrive in 1091, and in 1249 they either kick out or execute anyone unwilling to convert to Catholicism while bringing in new people from Southern Europe to make up for the loss.
Malta is still 95+% Catholic and we deny all existance of any Arab cultural heritage, despite our language and surnames. 800 years of brainwashing and deception. The cognitive dissonance.
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