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people like themselves?" "You're right Sarah, you're a bright young lady!" said
Jabel. "To get back to the story, Constantinople was full of temples to those
pagan gods. There were lots of very big statues everywhere but like I said, the
god Constantine worshiped was the sun and on December, 25th each year there
were special celebrations in honor of its birth.
However, not all the people living in the Roman Empire were pagans, there were
two other groups, people who refused to worship the pagan gods. One group
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followed the true teachings of Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, and worshiped
One God and knew another prophet would be sent later on. Those people were
called Nazarenes, because Prophet Jesus was born in the town of Nazareth - in
the Koran, Allah refers to them as 'Nasara'" "Oh, I know," said Abraham, "they
were waiting for Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him." "Yes,
that's right Abraham," said Jabel.
Jabel. "To get back to the story, Constantinople was full of temples to those
pagan gods. There were lots of very big statues everywhere but like I said, the
god Constantine worshiped was the sun and on December, 25th each year there
were special celebrations in honor of its birth.
However, not all the people living in the Roman Empire were pagans, there were
two other groups, people who refused to worship the pagan gods. One group
5
followed the true teachings of Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, and worshiped
One God and knew another prophet would be sent later on. Those people were
called Nazarenes, because Prophet Jesus was born in the town of Nazareth - in
the Koran, Allah refers to them as 'Nasara'" "Oh, I know," said Abraham, "they
were waiting for Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him." "Yes,
that's right Abraham," said Jabel.