Mohammed, the means of Muslim expansion was always the sword. Muslim thought divides the world into two spheres, the Abode of Islam and the Abode of War... In the eleventh century, the Seljuk Turks conquered Asia Minor (modern Turkey), which had been Christian since the time of St. Paul...
As the Ottoman Empire took over the region, Islam almost wiped out Christianity as people were given the opportunity to pay high taxes, convert to Islam, or be killed. During our seven hour layover in Istanbul, we took a trip to Old City to see some of the historic sites. The Topkapi ...