Let's look more deeply into the Islamic religion for example. ... It is believed that Islam began in China during the Caliphate of Uthmanibn Affan, the third caliph of Islam. ... (Islam 3) Other people, who couldn't as easily use one of these examples would use the first few letters from their last names to give more of a contemporary Muslim name. ... (Islam 3) It was only a matter of time before these Muslims began to speak many different parts of Chinese as part of their regular daily activities. ... (Islam 3) The government attempted to smother the Muslims, thus pushing them away ...

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There is every indication that he began his rule as a devout, orthodox Muslim. ... Thus, in his private conduct Akbar behaved like an orthodox muslim. ... In 1562, he abolished the pilgrim tax imposed on Hindus when they undertook pilgrimages to their sacred and holy spots like Mathura, claiming it to be a mark of discrimination against non-muslims as a similar tax was not imposed on the Muslims. ... However, the most important measure adopted by Akbar during this period was the abolishment of the Jizyah or poll tax amidst strong resentment from his muslim dignitaries. ... Jaziya, a tax on no...

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Christianity has it's Bible and 10 commandments, as Islam has it's Quran and five pillars. ... Even Islam is a stem from Christianity and Judaism. ... Islam is believed to be the perfected ideal of the two religions first revealed by Abraham, and prophet revealed in the Islamic Quran, Christian Bible, and Jewish Torah. A profession of faith is central to Islam as is a factor of Christian and Jewish is belief. In fact, Muslims accept the teachings of the Bible and the Quran. ...

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My conception of religious liberty was vague when I was younger, but as I got older and I became aware of the world around me, religious liberty has been a topic that everyone has been discussing - not only privately but also in public and especially in the papers. I used to be an uninformed protestant of the Lutheran church. I once read in the newspaper that Denmark is the least religious country in the world. When I compare my own country to the U.S, I do not have to have read books or taken lessons to know that America is a highly religious country, and has been since its earliest days. Fur...

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