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Compare and contrast the spread of Christianity and Islam in the Middle…
Compare and contrast the spread of Christianity and Islam in the Middle East and in Africa.
Both
Spread by missionary work
Islam: Sufis gave followers a way to become one with Allah in their own unique rituals, therefore succeeded in conversing large numbers of people to Islam.
Muslim missionaries also used trade routes and pilgrimage to spread Islam.
Christianity: Monastic communities helped spreading Christianity to everyone. Monks and nuns worked to spread the beliefs, brought the teachings of Christ to non-Christian people.
Both
Originally sprouted in the Middle East
Relied heavily on trade routes to expand
Christianity: spread by the Silk Road
Islam: spread by the Indian Ocean trade route
Differences (Islam)
Spread by military expansion and the purpose of expanding an empire (Arab). Muslims conquered most of the Middle East and North Africa and gave inhabitants three choices: convert to Islam, pay tax, or die.
Spread through villages and rural areas
Persecution against Muslims ended by the time Muhammad died
Dominant in the Middle East and North Africa
Murji'ah, an early Islamic philosophy helped spread Islam
Islam had no leader with a big influential scale so it depended solely on people's faith
Differences (Christianity)
Did not spread with the purpose of expanding empires, instead relied on missionaries and preaching
Spread through urban areas
Churches faced persecution during the first few centuries
Official religion of the Roman Empire
The Roman Empire and its Latin language helped spread Christianity
Pope was the leader of the religion who influenced the spread of Christianity