This film suggests that the Muslims fled from Mecca to Abyssinia because they knew it was ruled by a Christian king with whom they could plead for refuge. The film made it seem like Muslims and Christians had similar morals and lifestyles and even lived peaceably. Why did that end? Did the conversion of Constantine or the Crusades cause the rift in their good relationship? If Christianity and Islam are like “two beams of light; separate yet coming from the same source,” as the film describes, then why is there still so much prejudice and loathing between radical Islam and Christianity? If Islam preaches charity and a message from the same source as the gospel of Christ, (as the movie suggests) why then, do they see everyone else as infidels and in radical cases, unworthy to live? Why are the fruits of Islam still so permeated by bloodshed and
This film suggests that the Muslims fled from Mecca to Abyssinia because they knew it was ruled by a Christian king with whom they could plead for refuge. The film made it seem like Muslims and Christians had similar morals and lifestyles and even lived peaceably. Why did that end? Did the conversion of Constantine or the Crusades cause the rift in their good relationship? If Christianity and Islam are like “two beams of light; separate yet coming from the same source,” as the film describes, then why is there still so much prejudice and loathing between radical Islam and Christianity? If Islam preaches charity and a message from the same source as the gospel of Christ, (as the movie suggests) why then, do they see everyone else as infidels and in radical cases, unworthy to live? Why are the fruits of Islam still so permeated by bloodshed and