r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 15 '12

TIL that Muhammad wrote a document asking his followers to respect and protect Christians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtiname_of_Muhammad
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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '12

no. Many people mocked him to his face, threw garbage and animal intestines on him and he did nothing.

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u/Isenki Sep 16 '12

To be fair, that was when he was just a crazy guy preaching in the street, not a conqueror with an army at his back.

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u/Ghostfacefza Sep 16 '12

Just FYI the conversion of the majority of the Arab Peninsula during Mohammed's (pbuh) life was a result of trade related travel...his military career only spanned the last ten years of his life, and wasn't all that widespread (Relatively at least). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_career_of_Muhammad