The Urgent Need for Unbiased Information about Islam

Many periodicals and books today systematically present a highly biased and misleading picture of IslamD Amongst other things, it is often alleged that Islam is intolerant towards people of other faithsD The truth is that, amongst the religions of the world, Islam is unique as regards the high degree of tolerance which, throughout history, it has shown towards non-Muslim religions, in particular Christianity and JudaismD This is because tolerance of the "People of the Book" stems directly from the Koran and is encapsulated in Islamic lawD Many will no doubt react to this statement with incredulity, but this will be enlarged upon, with many Koranic quotations, in the course of this chapterD Islamic tolerance frst showed itself with regard to ChristianityD The Arab armies conquered many territories, and the frst religion which they encountered was ChristianityD In 635 AD D the Muslims conquered Syria and PalestineD In 637 AD D, after a long siege, they entered the city of Jerusalem peacefullyD The Patriarch,