Early Christianity in Asia and Africa

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As much as they might love this book for showing clear examples of muslim toleration of xtians and jews at least at the beginning it is analysis like this which will get the fatwas and rocks flying.  Muslims are no longer "tolerant."

And why do you think this came to be? The region we're talking about is centuries of Ottoman oppression, followed by Western oppression, turning right into dictatorships. Sometimes Western, sometimes Soviet puppets.

They never had a chance at forming their own identity and culture. And looking at the map with its straight lines, shows everyone with two brain cells to rub together that these aren't grown but forced countries. Same as Africa.