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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] Regarding tolerance: Most people forget that Islamic doctrine (it could even be in the Qu'ran, though I'm not certain about that) specifies that forced conversions aren't really conversions, and it wasn't a requirement for people following other faiths to convert once they were conquered/annexed by the Arabs. They were merely required to pay an additional tax. (Which, by contemporary standards, is remarkable.) Naturally, the ideal was rarely adhered to in actual practice. Either in the short term (violent repression of certain groups) or the long term (inevitable religious assimilation). But that's simply human nature; it's been the same in every part of the world. Or to put it another way: until the 20th century, politics and religion were simply two sides of the same coin. You never had one without the other. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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