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The economic rivalry between England and the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century was not limited to Europe but spread to the East-Indian area of expansion such as Banda Islands. But the spread of rivalry to Asia was marked by open violence which came to end with the treaty of cooperation in 1619, which led to establishment of Dutch hegemony in these islands and in the Indonesian Archipelago. The islands being the only source of nutmeg, mace, and clove, attracted the attention of England. The evaluation of happenings in Banda is a key to better understanding of Anglo-Dutch relations.
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The official position of the Muslim rulers of medieval India towards Judaism and Christianity was tolerance but indifference. Muslim wise men had an intimate knowledge of the scriptures and beliefs of Judaism and Christianity. In 1553 a Persian text on religion appeared in India with chapters devoted to accurate depictions of Judaism and Christianity. Interest in Christianity increased when the Jesuits first came to India in 1580.
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A century of missionary activity among Chinese Muslims between 1850 and 1950 yielded little success as the missionaries were unable to penetrate the rigid social structure of the Chinese Muslims. Only the illiterate, weak, poor and ostracized among the Chinese Muslims converted to Christianity. The Chinese Muslims accepted the gifts of the foreign missionaries but were unwilling to convert to Christianity.
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