During Muhammad's time most of the inhabitants of the southeastern and northeastern states around the Mediterranean Sea were Orthodox Christians, but Islam absorbed 90 percent of them by ruinous taxes, suppression and humiliation, converting them into Muslims.
Inta lagu guda jiray waqtigii Muhammad, badi dadka deggan koonfur-bari iyo waqooyi-bari ee ku yaalla badda Mediterranean waxay ahaayeen Masiixiyiin Ortodos ah, laakiin Islam ayaa 90% ka mid ah canshuurihii burburay, ka soo horjeeda iyo hoos-u-dhigidda, u beddelay Muslimiinta.