 | Joseph E. B. Lumbard - Religion - 2004 - 360 pages
...and images lannhila, a reference to crosses and iconsl- The stare they previously held shall not he changed, nor shall any of their religious services or images be changed, No anempt shall he made to turn a bishop, a monk from his office as a monk, nor the sexton of a church... | |
 | Gülru Necipoğlu, Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Anna Contadinia - Social Science - 2004 - 395 pages
...Prophet's treaty with the Christians of Najran, in which security was promised for their images (amthila): "The state they previously held shall not be changed,...shall any of their religious services or images be changed."45 However, one cannot assess what the Quraysh knew of Najran and its Christian pictures before... | |
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The state they previously held shall not be changed, nor shall any of their religious services or images be changed. No attempt shall be made to turn a bishop from his office as a bishop, a monk from his office as a monk, nor the sexton of a church from... 