Rise of Islam mod

[DrZoidberg]

Where did you hear that ?

um, history. It's not like it's a secret. The reasons for this is slightly more controversial and I'd hate this thread become a discussion on religion. Non-muslims who lived under Muslim rule where called Dhimmis, and where expected and required to keep their original religion and customs. Conversion to Islam by non-Arabs was forbidden. This started happening many hundreds of years later under Ottoman rule.

Anyway there's a mod in development called Broken Crescent that give more attention to muslim factions rather than europeans like in other mods.

Cool, I'll check it out.

[Shapur II]

Hey guys I am actually making a mod about the Rise of Islam for Medieval II Total War if you're interested:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=118728

[Darkarbiter]

um, history. It's not like it's a secret. The reasons for this is slightly more controversial and I'd hate this thread become a discussion on religion. Non-muslims who lived under Muslim rule where called Dhimmis, and where expected and required to keep their original religion and customs. Conversion to Islam by non-Arabs was forbidden. This started happening many hundreds of years later under Ottoman rule.



Cool, I'll check it out.

Well you could just have no imams and not make mosques etc buildable in non arab terriotories. Shouldnt that solve the problem?

[jadam]

um, history. It's not like it's a secret. The reasons for this is slightly more controversial and I'd hate this thread become a discussion on religion. Non-muslims who lived under Muslim rule where called Dhimmis, and where expected and required to keep their original religion and customs. Conversion to Islam by non-Arabs was forbidden. This started happening many hundreds of years later under Ottoman rule.



Cool, I'll check it out.

You are absolutely misinformed regarding this, conversion was not only allowed but loved by muslims, as it is one of the most important duty of a muslim to call others for the religion of Allah. However as it is also stated in the Qur'aan, none can be forced to convert, so those who preferred to not convert from the Christians, Jews and afaik magians were considered as dhimmies, whom the islamic state protected and in return they payed tax (since they anyway did not join the army in case of war).

[Hildefuns]

You are absolutely misinformed regarding this, conversion was not only allowed but loved by muslims, as it is one of the most important duty of a muslim to call others for the religion of Allah. However as it is also stated in the Qur'aan, none can be forced to convert, so those who preferred to not convert from the Christians, Jews and afaik magians were considered as dhimmies, whom the islamic state protected and in return they payed tax (since they anyway did not join the army in case of war).

Yes, that's exactly the same info I have, I've never heard that they not allowed others to convert, let's also remember that Mamlukes where europeans converted to Islam since childhood (educated) and that was way before the Ottoman Empire.

By the way, I would be a very cool mod, I think pop culture has Islamic Warriors underated