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عومل النصارى في عهد الرسول (ص) بعطف وعدل وكذلك في عهد الخلفاء الراشدين الذين ساعدوهم في بناء الكنائس والأديرة. وفضلهم عثمان (رض) كثيرا ولعدة أسباب منها ما يتعلق بمهارتهم، وتمتعوا بالمزيد من الحرية أيام بني أمية لاعتبارات شخصية وسياسية. ويتضح هذا من موقف قبيله كلب النصرانية إلى جانبه. ومن النصارى المعجبين بمعاوية يوحنا بن بنكاية الذي رأى أن حكم معاوية امتاز بالعدل والسلام للنصارى. واعتمدت حاله النصارى من عهد عبد الملك وحتى سقوط الخلافة الأموية على مواقف الحكام الفردية، واعتمدت حالة النصارى من عهد عبد الملك وحتى سقوط الخلافة الأموية على مواقف الحكام الفردية وعلاقات الخلافة مع البيزنطيين.
The prophet said that it anybody burdened any of the people or the book more than they could endure he would ben his opponent until the day of judgment. - under the rightly guided caliphs the Christians had much freedom. this is shown by a letter attributed to ishu-yab III. The Nestorian catholics. - The third caliph, Uthman favoured the Christians either because of the spcial skills or abilities which they possessed or through the imfluence of his Christian wife Na'ila. - Under the early Umayyade, the christiansins the Isalamic umma had as much freedom as they had previously enjoyed under the best of their Christians governments because they restorted their churches and appointed many Christians to the government posts. - From the reign of Abd al-Malik until the downfall of the Umayyad caliphate, the Christians' status deppnded on the attitude of individual governornors and on relation ship of the caliphate with the Byzantine Empire. - It would appear that generally speaking the caliph Umar II pursued a stronge anti-christian policy. this emerges from both Christians and some muslims sources.
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