I guess the reason I was nervous was because Armstrong has not given Christianity a good image in the history of Jerusalem. I was actually surprised why she did that, I felt like Christianity / Jesus(pbu) was not given the proper intro.
She gives you a great understanding of what the religion (Islam) was like during the time of the prophet. I thought it was extremely interesting why the Dome of the rock was built, seeing how it seen as a disadvantage that the Christians and the Jews had their own churches...
I never knew that the Jews also regarded the Rock! I didn't know that they viewed it as a foundation of the temple etc.. proves my point even more that the faiths are of similarity !
OH! I also really liked how Armstrong pointed out in the beginning that the prophet Mohammad(pbu) did not see his revelations as new; what was revealed through him was simply the old religion of the one God worshiped by the Jews and he Christians (218). I am really surprised at why she did nt say the same about Christianity in her book ??? don't the Christians believe that Jesus(pbu) came to reform the corrupted religion??
what an amazing scene when the Jews welcomed the Muslims during the times of the Byzantines .... which goes to show you that YES, Jew's and Muslims have worked together before.. they have gotten along an it was by CHOICE ! and because of the Jews support/welcoming the Muslims were able to conquer the Byzantines ... and the Jews and Christians lived together in harmony and peace with out anybody being forced out of land, or to practice a certain religion. They were all United.
I agree with you Malak about how she discusses Christianity in the book. She does not spend nearly as much time on it as Judaism. However, that is probably because the Jews have been there for longer than Christians.
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