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Christianity and Christians in Yemen before Islam (A historical Study) | ||
| The Arab Gulf | ||
| Article 6, Volume 45, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 99-120 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Asst Prof. Dr.Muhsen Fahad Al-Hajjaj | ||
| Abstract | ||
| It is the Arabian Peninsula that is airstrip of prophets and messengers where the three heavenly religions appeared Such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, since the earliest times. The Christian religion has infiltrated to the south of the Arabian Peninsula by preachers and merchants who take the road of commercial incense from Yemen to Syria. It was the city of Najran the most important strongholds of Christianity in Yemen which has been persecuted and abused by last Yemeni king Tho Nwaas who killed thousands from the Yemeni Christians and the demolition of their churches. His act triggered the Christian Abyssinian state which equipped a large armywith the help of the Romansso they occupied Yemen and they overthrew the king, in the year 525 AD. | ||
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