A Short Overview of the Common History of the Syrian Church with
Islam through the Centuries Vol. 33 – June 1995 – No. 146, pp.
322-344. Maren Tyedmers Hange assisted with this translation.
Introduction as we approach this important issue, it is
necessary to give a brief overview of the political and
religious conditions shortly before the appearance of Islam in
the areas where the Syrian Church began in the early age of
Christianity and in the places where Islam originated and spread
after more than 600 years of Christianity. We will touch on the
general situation of Christianity, the split of the church and
her doctrinal differences in order to gain a better insight into
the foundations of the beliefs of these two religions. We will
also mention some points in broad strokes where the Christian
and Islamic beliefs agree. Who are the Syrians? The members of
the Antiochian Syrian Church represent the direct descendants of
the original inhabitants of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Asia
Minor, as well as Upper- and