Islamic Treasures — The Treaties of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of His Time

The Monastery of St. Catherine at the base of Mount Sinai

According to Jewish and Christian tradition, a thousand years after Abraham, the Jewish people were slaves, locked in perpetual servitude in Egypt until Moses led them to freedom. On their epic trek to Palestine, Moses broke the journey in the area around Mount Sinai. It was on its craggy summit that God transmitted a set of covenants, or…