john89@lemmy.ca to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoIf Judaism is the oldest Abrahamic religion, why does it have so few followers compared to Christianity and Islam and why by such a large margin?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down14
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareIf Judaism is the oldest Abrahamic religion, why does it have so few followers compared to Christianity and Islam and why by such a large margin?john89@lemmy.ca to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours ago Christians and Jews were free to convert but pagans were absolutly forced to convert. That also happened, but I’m pretty sure most of the time dhimmi rulings were adopted. That’s why, say, Zoroastrians got to stay Zoroastrian.
minus-squaresun_is_ra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours ago Zoroastrian Are we discussing Sunni empires or Shia empires?
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoMostly Sunni, why do you ask? Iran was Sunni until the 16th century no?
That also happened, but I’m pretty sure most of the time dhimmi rulings were adopted. That’s why, say, Zoroastrians got to stay Zoroastrian.
Are we discussing Sunni empires or Shia empires?
Mostly Sunni, why do you ask? Iran was Sunni until the 16th century no?