Page 70 - A Call For Unity

The above picture shows Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish, and Muslim re-
ligious leaders together in Palestine. The peace brought to the area
ended with the Ottoman Empire's collapse. Creating peace will be
possible only by establishing an alliance of all genuine believers.

the Abbasids' palace could read the Gospel with their families
and staff, and no one interfered with their worship.
The importance of science and scientists in the Islamic
world guaranteed the caliphs' patronage of Christian and
Jewish scientists. Scientists of various religious denomina-
tions would meet at state-organized gatherings to discuss sci-

entific matters. Jewish and Christian physicists would ex-
change views with their Muslim counterparts, and many
medical works would be discussed in the presence of the
caliph or his bureaucrats. 12

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