[AntiGuv]

Of course it did in the Arabs. The Arabs never took Anatolia where the thema system was established. When they attacked Syria and Egypt, as I already mentioned, the thema system was not in place there. They were still barely in the course of recovery from the Persian invasions.

[Torie]

But if it was so good, why were not the newly installed Arabs send back to Mecca?

[Torie]

What religion are those living in Anatolia these days I wonder? Somehow, the Islamic message got out far and wide.