Through the 7th and 11th centuries, Islam grew rapidly and so did the rules that came for the people living in the areas the Arabs conquered. Jews, Christians and even some Muslims, such as the Zanj people were just some of the examples in the documents that are conquered by the Arabians. The documents are all connected in a similar way relating to Islam and the expansion of the religion through the 7th and 11th centuries. You can see a pattern in the way people that are accustomed to the areas that Muslims conquered are treated. Not only do people become divided, but Islam became a force throughout India to West Africa.
In the “Quranic Comments on The Torah and the Gospels”, the document takes place in the Arabian Peninsula at around 630 CE. …show more content…
Muslims used the “Curse of Ham” as an excuse to enslave Africans.8 This is very different from the first document which there is an attempt to try to unify the people who they will soon conquer. In this document there is a clear division between the Muslims and the Zanj. The Zanj are treated different then other people in the expansion due to enslavement. The textbook supports the view that Muslim began to treat Zanj people differently because it says, “the Quran attempted to mitigate the severity of slavery, requiring Muslim slave owners to treat slaves kindly…. Africans became slaves taken as prisoners of war or as criminals sold into slavery as punishment.” 9 This quote agrees that African slaves were mistreated, but the document adds the perspective of Zanj people and how they are good people and how the color of the Zanj skin was a result of the …show more content…
After the expansion, this document shows some of the rules that Christians must follow for protection. Christians became reliant upon Muslims for life and religious values, due to the drastic Islamic political movement. In the first document, “The Qur’anic Comments on Torah and the Gospels”, Muslims gave Christians and Jews just about every right they would need to worship their religion, but after the expansion, you can see Muslims becoming more strict in this document. Some examples, in the document, of Muslims shifting the view of the Quran towards harsher rules and punishments were Christians not being able to speak or act like Muslims, they can’t teach their children the Quran, they can’t encourage people to convert to their religion, and they have to allow Muslim travelers to go where they please.11 This brings a more practical divide between Christians and
In the “Quranic Comments on The Torah and the Gospels”, the document takes place in the Arabian Peninsula at around 630 CE. …show more content…
Muslims used the “Curse of Ham” as an excuse to enslave Africans.8 This is very different from the first document which there is an attempt to try to unify the people who they will soon conquer. In this document there is a clear division between the Muslims and the Zanj. The Zanj are treated different then other people in the expansion due to enslavement. The textbook supports the view that Muslim began to treat Zanj people differently because it says, “the Quran attempted to mitigate the severity of slavery, requiring Muslim slave owners to treat slaves kindly…. Africans became slaves taken as prisoners of war or as criminals sold into slavery as punishment.” 9 This quote agrees that African slaves were mistreated, but the document adds the perspective of Zanj people and how they are good people and how the color of the Zanj skin was a result of the …show more content…
After the expansion, this document shows some of the rules that Christians must follow for protection. Christians became reliant upon Muslims for life and religious values, due to the drastic Islamic political movement. In the first document, “The Qur’anic Comments on Torah and the Gospels”, Muslims gave Christians and Jews just about every right they would need to worship their religion, but after the expansion, you can see Muslims becoming more strict in this document. Some examples, in the document, of Muslims shifting the view of the Quran towards harsher rules and punishments were Christians not being able to speak or act like Muslims, they can’t teach their children the Quran, they can’t encourage people to convert to their religion, and they have to allow Muslim travelers to go where they please.11 This brings a more practical divide between Christians and