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Before the creation of Islam Arabia's population consisted of many tries of Bedouin nomads. Many of the tribes were rivals of each other which caused many bloody battles. Each of these tribes had different gods that they worshiped. Each tribe put their idols in the Kaaba in Mecca. Mecca was considered neutral turf and violence was banned. When Mohamed started Islam he started to gain followers from assorted tribes, but the rich and powerful did not like what Mohamed was teaching so they banded together a bunch of tribes to destroy Mohamed and his followers. Although outnumbered over 3:1 Mohamed and his followers won the battle of medina. This was a decisive victory for Mohamed other tribes realized that the gods must be on Mohamed's side so they joined him and converted to Islam.

blog #9

Throughout history Hinduism has played a prominent role in the Indian belief in non-violence. One of the most famous Indians that used the non-violent approach was Mahatma Gandhi. He first used this approach when he fought the original apartheid in South Africa. He successfully ended the segregation of Indians in the British Empire while he lived in Johannesburg. About thirty years later he used non-violence again to gain India’s independents from the British “raj”. Since its start Hinduism has believed in non-violence. There are many stories in the Bhagavad-Gita and other Hindu books, of heroes that refused to fight. Thanks to Hinduism we have saved many lives by using the non-violent approach.