Lynda, you lost me with this paragraph. Muslims were tolerant under the
caliphate, but today religious Muslims in religious states (the Taliban,
present-day Iran, and a substantial part of Africa, Saudi Arabia) aren't
winning awards for tolerance. (Of course, we could have the same situation
here if our own fundamentalists took over.) I'm not sure how "Christians
stopped that." It looks more to me like the rise of fundamentalist to
positions of power. In modern times, religious tolerance in Islamic
countries appears to have resided in the strong ruler (the Shah and Saddam
-- the Christians were protected under Saddam -- come to mind).
Marie
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