Muhammad's letter to the Christians that most Muslims ignore

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Followers of the most radical factions of Islam are trying to destroy every vestige of Christianity in the Middle East and parts of Africa where the faith of Allah majority. "There is a conspiracy to eliminate Christians in the Middle East", denounces  Theodoros II, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

The Muslim faith is monotheistic and as such, "competes" with Christianity in the "marketplace of souls". However, it is not exclusive or at least it was not for the founder of Islam, Prophet Muhammad  (570-632), which guaranteed protection for Christian monks of the Monastery of Mount Sinai and, by extension, the followers of the faith Christian in a document known as  Achtiname (Persian "Letter of Peace"). The proclamation of Muhammad, written in his own hand in the second year of the Hegira (626) is "a call to brotherhood among all human beings."

"I will defend their religion and property anywhere, so they may be in, in the same degree as you would for myself, for my religion, for my relatives, and cobijaré from harm, unlawful or illegitimate imposition responsibility, defending against any foreign force that seeks to attack them with my own person and all mine. No Christian priest to renounce his investiture, or anyone to abandon their worship was never force as obstacle nor will the monks in the exercise of their profession, nor be forced to leave their convents or suspend his missionary tours " .

Muhammad frequented the Monastery of Mount Sinai, as was written in the  Koran - where he had good relations and long theological discussions with Christian monks.In the year 626 of the Christian era, the prophet himself granted certain rights and privileges to "all Christians, near or far," including the protection of Christians under Islamic rule as well as pilgrims en route to monasteries , freedom of belief and movement, and exemption from military service.

Continues the document, as translated by  La Voz :

"No Christian shall not be obliged to convert to the religion of Islam, nor will discuss their beliefs and should be treated with compassion and caring, protecting against any injury or prejudice. With regard to marriage, a Christian to marry a Muslim will not be forced, to be essential prior consent; and if this union to take place shall the husband to release the wife to practice their worship according to the orientation of their spiritual leaders, whose rules will take example, without forcing in any case to renounce their religion. "

And ends with these words:

"Any act contrary to these principles is violating the promise of God and the word of His Prophet. By this promise I give them the same guarantees enjoyed by Muslims, assuming the obligation to protect against any inconvenience and provide for their benefit, to be true caring citizens in common rights and duties. This is an inescapable mandate contraídopor the prophet Muhammad in his own behalf and on behalf of all Muslims, whose observance is strictly oblige until the day of resurrection and end of the world ".