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.
N'oge oge Muhammad, ọtụtụ ndị bi n'ebe ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ na ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Oké Osimiri Mediterenian bụ Ndị Kraịst Ọtọdọks, ma Islam tinyekọrọ pasent 90 nke ha site na ụtụ isi na-abaghị uru, na-eme ka ndị mmadụ ghara ịda mbà ma na-eweda ha ala, na-eme ka ha ghọọ ndị Alakụba.