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To understand just how manipulative modern Islamophobic and Hasbara propaganda is—which portrays Islam as „innately medieval and dark” and Western roots as „bastions of tolerance”— it is worth comparing the corresponding periods of the two civilizations (7th–17th centuries) based on dry historical facts.
| Criteria | The Early Islamic World (7th–17th Centuries) | Medieval European Christianity (7th–17th centuries) |
| The Legal Status of Religious Minorities | Dhimmi (Protected Status): Freedom of life, property, and religion guaranteed by law. The state has a duty to protect them (Prophetic Covenants). | Heretics and unbelievers: Deprivation of rights. Religious minorities were either forcibly converted or branded as outlaws. |
| The Situation of Jewish Communities | Golden Age: Jews could hold high-ranking government positions (e.g., Maimonides). They were an integral part of the economy and culture. | Pogroms and Ghettos: Systematic massacres (e.g., during the Crusades), ghettoization, and complete expulsion (England: 1290, Spain: 1492). |
| Protection of Christian Churches | Inviolability: The Ashtiname Under this system, churches, monasteries, and clergy enjoyed tax exemptions and military protection. | Internal Inquisition: Christian sects that held different beliefs (e.g., the Cathars, the Bogomils) were ruthlessly eradicated by the Inquisition. |
| Mixed Marriages and Autonomy | Own courts: Christians and Jews were permitted to adjudicate their own cases in accordance with their respective religious laws (the Torah and canon law). | Zero tolerance: Interfaith marriage was considered a mortal sin, and legal autonomy for people of other faiths was unthinkable. |
How does historical reality debunk propaganda?
1. Overcoming Islamophobia: Who Brought About True Tolerance?
Modern Islamophobia claims that Islam is incapable of peaceful coexistence. Historical facts, however, show that while Europe strove for total religious homogeneity (exterminating or expelling anyone who did not follow the official dogma), in the Middle East, Christian and Jewish communities It is precisely because of the safety net provided by the Islamic legal system that they were able to survive for 1,400 years.
While the European Inquisition was burning people at the stake for their beliefs, in the Caliphate of Baghdad, the House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma) Within its walls, Muslim, Christian, and Jewish scholars worked side by side to preserve ancient knowledge and lay the foundations of modern science.
2. The Complete Failure of the Hasbara Narrative
The fundamental thesis of Zionist Hasbara is that Israel is an „oasis of civilization in a sea of intolerant Muslims,” and that Jews have always been persecuted by Muslims.
In reality, Zionism as a political ideology is precisely the European Christian anti-Semitism (pogroms, exclusion, the Holocaust), but it projected its colonialist rage onto the Palestinians—onto the Muslim world that had provided refuge to Jews from European persecution for centuries. When the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492, the Ottoman Islamic Empire welcomed them with open arms and settled them in Thessaloniki and Istanbul.
Zionist Hasbara also often points out that the Prophet later became involved in conflicts with certain Jewish tribes in Medina (such as the Banu Qurayza). The historical truth, however, is that these conflicts not for religious reasons, but for military reasons It transpired that the tribes in question had violated the Constitution of Medina and, during the decisive Battle of the Trench, had secretly formed an alliance with the pagan armies besieging the city (thereby committing high treason). The Jewish tribes loyal to the Constitution (such as the Banu Awf) continued to live in peace and security in Medina.
Conclusion: Who is the real „medieval” person?
The Prophet Muhammad in 622 The Constitution of Medina and 626 Ashtiname His letter was far closer to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights than anything medieval Europe had to offer.
While Hasbara labels Islam and the Palestinian resistance as “medieval,” in reality it is today’s Israeli apartheid system that evokes the worst aspects of medieval Europe: ghettos sealed off by walls (Gaza and the West Bank), disenfranchisement based on race and religion, and the systematic destruction of holy sites (both mosques and Christian churches).
Intolerance is not a legacy of Muslims; it was imported into the Middle East by modern political colonialism. The Anti-propaganda His task is to bring these facts back into the public discourse and dismantle the factories of lies built on fear.
Sources used and verifiable:
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Ibn Hisham: Al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah (The Prophet’s Biography) – The earliest and most complete surviving textual source of the Constitution of Medina.
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Dr. John Andrew Morrow: The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World (Angelico Press, 2013).
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Mark R. Cohen: Under the Crescent and the Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 1994) – A seminal work comparing the status of Jews in the medieval Muslim and Christian worlds.
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Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah: The World's First Written Constitution (Lahore, 1975).
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Amnon Cohen: The World Within: Jewish Life as Reflected in the Legal Records of the Sharia Court of Jerusalem (Westview Press, 1994).
