Just recently went to a Greek Orthodox wedding where most of it was sung. I wonder if Muslims got the idea of reciting their scriptures rather than just reading them from that. It's definitely got the Greek tragedies and comedies flare to it.
I don't know how radical it could be if Judaism and Christianity had been around for at least five centuries before that around the same area. Maybe for the Persians it was radical but its not like Buddhism or Confucianism isn't also based around one person.
It makes sense how Islam grew successful. Religions tend to grow greater when they find an audience. With the rich hoarding all the wealth, it makes sense that this would appeal to the lower classes as a way of helping themselves.
It's a smart way to build a religion that would unify a wide group of diverse people. It makes sense how it went so well in Africa, considering how far apart and diverse the population there is. Though its clear that the lesser jihad of the sword will present problems in the future.
A constant in history is displaced Jews being harmed or exploited by their neighbors. That has never really changed. Inquisition, Holocaust, even Crusaders went out of their way to kill European Jews.
Am I the only one that kinds the promise of material gain in the new religion kind of ironic given it rose to power condemning the growing wealthy elites?
Sound like combining political and religious power leads to religious civil war. Europe quit doing that after the disaster of the 100 years war.
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