... polices. I felt building lavish buildings had its disadvantages and its advantages but letting people consult them was definitely a good idea as it gave people equal powers and decreased the chances of a mutiny. Building expensive Mosques would have made worshipping a lot more pleasurable but instead could have put money in making more simple mosques than a few simple expensive mosques. Furthermore Muhammad had led a simple a life and many people had accused the Umayyads of forgetting the true meaning of Islam especially the Abbasids. When the Abbasids had taken power though I thought they were not a great improvement from the Umayyads. The Abbasids adopted Persian customs and they shut themselves behind opulent buildings. This, I felt was a sign of laziness. The Umayyads had accused the Abbasids of being more interested in power than ruling. I thought this was rightfully justified as they called themselves ...

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