Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Different Types of Diversity in the Songhay, Safavid, and Mughal Empires
Each of the three Muslim empires had a different brand of diversity. The Songhay empire tolerated the presence of foreign merchants attempting to trade by crossing through the sahara. The Songhay did not have much tolerance for diversity of faith or of socio-economic status; for example, when Islam was being introduced to the Songhay, it was only faith of the socially elite and wealthy. The Safavid empire allowed diversity of cultures among it public but did not allow diversity of religion. The Safavid's did were so intolerant of other forms of Islam that it led to fights between the neighboring sunnis if the Ottoman empire and their shia selves. The Mughal empire tolerated other religions for a long period of time under their leader Akbar, but under there leader Arangzeb they did not tolerate other religions other than Islam. The difference between religious and ethnic tolerance is simple: ethnic tolerance is being welcoming of all backgrounds, races and cultures. Religious tolerance is being welcoming to everyone who beleives the same things that your faith beleives. Ethnic and Religious tolerance are connected because the ethnicity of a person and their faith are often related to each other.
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Religious tolerance is respecting and welcoming religions different from your own religion. Of course people of the same religion will tolerate each other, but "religious tolerance" is passed on from one religion to another, not within the same one.
ReplyDeleteI don't really would say religious tolerance is welcoming religions it's more of respecting religions and not judging it. Religious tolerance wouldn't really be respecting your own because it doesn't really make sense.
ReplyDeleteLike the others who commented, I agree that religious tolerance is not accepting those with the same beliefs, but being able to accept everyone, no matter what their beliefs are. Your comment that ethnic and religious tolerance are closely related is very true, which I think is largely true because you receive your genetic information, and therefore your race from you parents, you almost always live in the same place as them, meaning you inherit your culture, and because children learn by mimicking their parents, religion often comes as part of the package deal of gifts from mom&dad.
ReplyDeleteI agree with all the other posts. Religious tolerance is not accepting people of the same religion, but rather accepting people with beliefs different from your own. Also, the Songhay were not diverse in religion or ethnic. They were simply accepting the fact that people wanted to trade.
ReplyDeleteyeah that was just a typo.
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