Non Muslims were paying an extra part (to balance more or less the taxes paid by Muslims as 'Zakat' or Alms giving according to their second pillar of the Islam five pillars). On the other hand this extra tax was paid by only non Muslims who are entitled for military service but exempted from doing it (for this reason, it was not to be paid by old citizens, women, children, physically potent citizens, ... etc).
Currently both Muslims and non Muslims; in any Muslim country; are paying same taxes and accordingly practicing equal citizenship social, political, economical. and military service duties.
Early Islamic empire of the poise caliphs treated non Muslims fairly .
They would not worship the Emperor, and were not particularly loyal to the Roman Empire.
Christianity was a divisive factor in the Roman empire. It caused unrest not only between the Christians and the pantheists, but between the Christians themselves as the early Christians had several sects and they were always bickering among themselves.
The Muslim empire began on the Arabian Peninsula. It was here, in the early 7th century, that the Prophet Muhammad preached Islam, leading to the establishment of a unified Muslim community. Following his death, the empire rapidly expanded beyond the peninsula, spreading across the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Europe and Asia.
They treated them so cruel that they publically burnt them in arenas.
Early Islamic empire of the poise caliphs treated non Muslims fairly .
They would not worship the Emperor, and were not particularly loyal to the Roman Empire.
The most famous secret sign in early Christianity was the Ichtys sometimes spelled ikhthus that resembles a fish and is today known as the Jesus fish. Early Christians developed this sign to mark meeting places or friend from foe. They had to do this because Early Christians were persecuted constantly by the Roman Empire up until it was made the official religion of the roman empire.
Christianity was a divisive factor in the Roman empire. It caused unrest not only between the Christians and the pantheists, but between the Christians themselves as the early Christians had several sects and they were always bickering among themselves.
Poorly at first, Very poorly. They were persecuted and killed all until the time of Constantine
Why were early christians attracted attracted to the island
St. George lived in a time when early Christians were being persecuted by the Roman Empire. He was arrested for being a Catholic and beheaded.
They treated them so cruel that they publically burnt them in arenas.
Different people had different reactions. Some were very kind to their slaves. Some were extremely cruel. Some were offended by how harshly slaves were treated by others. Early Christians accepted slaves as equals. In fact many slaves were Christians, but were treated equally at worship services.
The Roman emperor who was especially harsh to Christians would have to be Diocletian as he initiated the "great persecution" which lasted the longest.The Roman emperor who was especially harsh to Christians would have to be Diocletian as he initiated the "great persecution" which lasted the longest.The Roman emperor who was especially harsh to Christians would have to be Diocletian as he initiated the "great persecution" which lasted the longest.The Roman emperor who was especially harsh to Christians would have to be Diocletian as he initiated the "great persecution" which lasted the longest.The Roman emperor who was especially harsh to Christians would have to be Diocletian as he initiated the "great persecution" which lasted the longest.The Roman emperor who was especially harsh to Christians would have to be Diocletian as he initiated the "great persecution" which lasted the longest.The Roman emperor who was especially harsh to Christians would have to be Diocletian as he initiated the "great persecution" which lasted the longest.The Roman emperor who was especially harsh to Christians would have to be Diocletian as he initiated the "great persecution" which lasted the longest.The Roman emperor who was especially harsh to Christians would have to be Diocletian as he initiated the "great persecution" which lasted the longest.
Israel was the centre of Judaism and most people there were Jews and rejected the early Christians. Rome was the head of the Roman Empire and it was there that many Christians headed. It was the place that was ideal to start Christianity and to spread it from.
It appears from historical evidence that the early Christians were largely ignored by the pagan Roman Empire, apart from two brief periods of official persecution after 250 CE, and in the Great Persecution early in the fourth century. When disaster struck, local Christians were sometimes accused of angering the gods, resulting in small scale mob attacks on Christian targets, but by and large it appears that Christianity prospered. Edward Gibbon (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) believes the Christian tradition of widespread and savage official persecution began around the end of the fourth century, as justification for the persecution of the pagans by Christian authorities.