"The Middle Way." Moderation seems to be a hard thing for many people to understand. Two great authors had radically different insights on moderation: "Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation," (Saint Augustine) and "Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess" (Oscar Wilde). We live in an age of abusive social media, so it seems even more difficult to "find the middle" now. What lessons can you apply to your life by addressing each of the items in the Eightfold Path of the Noble Way?

the arab empire adopted the muslim religion as their main belief. arabs would influence the people from the territories they invaded towards islam (the muslim belief).

nevertheless, throughout the history of the arab empire, rulers brought intellectual individuals from other religions to their centers of learning. these other foreigners included jews, christians, greeks, persians, and indians.   these resulted in the adoption of important knowledge developed by these cultures by the arabic empire. for example, the works of aristotle were translated from greek to arab and indian scientists brought the numerical concept of "zero" to the arabs.

nowadays, 93% of the arab population is muslim, which at the same time is subdivided in sects including the sunni, zaini, alawi, shia. the remaining 7% is composed mainly of christians.

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