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lims who were a shelter and source of safety with respect
to Jews suffering from the Christian Europe that ill-treated
them as they used to cut the abdomen of Jews thinking that
they swallow gold as the connoisseur and historian "Will
Durant"mentions in his book "The Story of Philosophy"so
that Muslims used to finance the Portuguese and Spaniard
sailors missions hoping they would find an island some-
where in the world to shelter them away from the suppres-
sion and ill-treatment of Christian Europeans.
This civilized behavior from Muslims in treating
Jews was not an exception but a general rule so that one
historian"the world has not known a conqueror who is more
merciful than Arab".
The expansion of Islamic area on the expense of the Ro-
man, and Persian Empire had a great impact in raising the
ire of the Western Christians who united under the banner
of colonialism after the attainment of the industrial develop-
ment and innovation of advanced fighting methods so they
started looking for new markets for their products and re-
sources to re-finance with raw-materials especially energy
subsequent to its emerging importance with respect to the
industrial progress and increase in the level of prosperity.
Nonetheless, before this late period of time, west has
pursued various methods to propagate their religion and