When I was a child, our family was so close to Hindu religious friends. My grandfather treats them as a family member. And teaches us that never think other religions your enemy. Almighty Allah made us with humanity and that is for peace.
Humanity says everyone has the right to choose religion whatever he or she wants. No one can force him or her. I also believe in it.
At the beginning of time, religion was much harder than today. Sometimes rulers forcefully pressed to take religion they want to. But the time of Alhambra, there was a great change between religions. Age of Alhambra
The time was the ruling of Al-Andalus state. In the Iberian Peninsula Muslims, Christians, and Jews are living over seven centuries. This is a long time for any state living together with different religions. But that was the special thing that makes them unite when other rulers attack them. Before the Islamic ruling, all peoples are going through tough times. King of Al-Andalus tortures them so hard. The king forces the Jews to take Christen as their one and only religion. If they don’t agree to be Christen, then the king takes their wealth.
After all this trouble all the people welcome Islamic ruling. And gradually their life getting changed and become peaceful. Still, scientists don’t understand the reason why were they unite in one place with different religions.
The reason behind coexistence and highly intellectual cultural society
There are lots of reasons behind the coexistence. Let me explain it gradually. Living in a peninsula: We all know that the Al-Andalus kingdom was situated in the Iberian Peninsula. So every village and city were interconnected. They are living there for more than seven-century. So they have friendships and good relations.
Rough ruling: Christen was the ruler of the state. They rule the state by torturing the people. So, those people actually willing to get rid of this ruling. If there is an alternative then no one will stick with the old one. That’s why they welcomed Muslim rulers politely.
Culture Adaptation: 8th to the 15th century was a great time for Arab culture. Day by day they have become the most talented and intelligent citizens of all time. Education, civilization, culture, technology, history, astrology, and every part of knowledge are enlightened with them. They are surrounded by new inventions.
So, when they came to Al-Andalus with a new era of knowledge, this state moves one step forward for development. After watching the talent and advanced cultural activity, the Christen and Jews intent to adopt the culture alongside their culture.
Islamic Law: In the Iberian Peninsula all the population welcomed Islamic law as their own. Islamic law has magnificent terms that are suitable for any situation. And Under Islamic law, the crime rate was continually going down.
So the state population really likes and supports the rule.
My opinion about the possibility of the same relationship in modern time
In my opinion, this is quite impossible in modern times. The situation and the possibility are so difficult in the recent world. Every day we open the newspaper or online news portal for good news. But every time we see the world is at war. Financial war, the cold war, and physical war is common news. Every country is trying to dismiss other countries' cultures. They are fighting for power and wanted to rule the world forcefully. Christens are trying to kill the Muslims alongside Jews every day. They don’t want to live in a world that has Muslims. This is the main reason that it is possible to forge a relationship like that in our modern times.
Bottom Line
Cultural difference is not a big issue for living together. If the culture doesn’t create any hinder for others living. The 8th to the 15th century was a great time for the civilization of mankind. For the adaptation, mankind gets advance knowledge together. But recent time is not the same as the past. Everything changed with a narrow mind. No one tries to think about the glory of the past thaw our ancestors obey.
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