Prophet Mohammad’s letter to the Christians

A very important Islamic principle, unfortunately misunderstood and
wrongly practiced by many so called Muslims around the Globe.

The Greek Orthodox monks living in the monastery at the foot of Mount
Sinai have in their possession many precious documents going back many
centuries. Their library is one of the finest in the world for ancient
manuscripts. One of the most precious documents of all is the copy of a
letter narrated by Prophet Muhammad  to the monks in the year
628. Its contents might come as a surprise to many, since in this
precious manuscript Muslims are exhorted to protect the Christians
living within their midst. The words are so beautiful that we repeat
them in full here:

•This is a message from Mohamed ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those
who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them.•Verily I, the
servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians
are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything
that displeases them.•No compulsion is to be on them.•Neither are their
judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their
monasteries.•No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage
it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims’ houses.•Should anyone
take any of these, he would spoil God’s covenant and disobey
HisProphet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter
against all that  they hate.•No one is to force them to travel or to
oblige them to fight.•The Muslims are to fight for them.•If a female
Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her
approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to
pray.•Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be
prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.•No
one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last
Day(The end of the world – Judgement day.).
It should be quite clear from this that, far from being a threat, Islam
is actually the guardian of the Christian presence in the Middle East.

These words of the Prophet Mohammed should be made known to Muslims and
non-Muslims throughout the world.