God damn it, I double posted by accident but for some reason both my posts got deleted.
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Muminin is a general term for followers of monotheism, so whilst Muslims might describe themselves as such (and indeed the Quran does call them that), the Quran also not only distinguishes Muslim from Muminin, but the same section in which it does tells Muslims to tell non-muslim muminin (a tongue twister
) that the muslims profess Islam and that the true faith has not yet reached their hearts.
So the only thing that early islam held in common with what you describe in the post is that technically Abraham did beleive that he was continuing the faith of Abraham, but beleived that Christianity and Judaism had diverged enough to the point of being different religions.
That multiculturalism was one of the reasons that the mongols were able to expand and absorb conquered steppes tribes into their empire so quickly. Remove that and you are going to have a major problem with a good chunk of his military.
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Yeah no.Initial Byzantine response to Islam was to view it as simply another Christian sect. Muhammad himself did not believe he was founding a new religion. He believed he was simply continuing the same faith as Abraham, and all the other prophets before, including Moses and Jesus.
The idea of "Islam" and "Muslims" is a later invention. That term wasn't even used at the time. They simply called themselves Muminin - "believers".
Muminin is a general term for followers of monotheism, so whilst Muslims might describe themselves as such (and indeed the Quran does call them that), the Quran also not only distinguishes Muslim from Muminin, but the same section in which it does tells Muslims to tell non-muslim muminin (a tongue twister
So the only thing that early islam held in common with what you describe in the post is that technically Abraham did beleive that he was continuing the faith of Abraham, but beleived that Christianity and Judaism had diverged enough to the point of being different religions.
That is a good way to abort a mongol empire rather than boost Tengriisms numbers.Have Genghis Khan impose Tengrinism on his subjects instead of being pro religious freedom.
That multiculturalism was one of the reasons that the mongols were able to expand and absorb conquered steppes tribes into their empire so quickly. Remove that and you are going to have a major problem with a good chunk of his military.