History of Middle East

Basics: Write a 2-3 page paper in a reasonable font and observing all the normal rules of grammar and style. Be sure to base your answer to this question on primary sources that you read for last week. DO NOT rely on the textbook, introductions, lectures or any other source. Use specific examples from the sources that you read for last week. BE SURE to use footnotes to indicate where you got your examples!

The Question: In the primary source readings (NOT BERKEY) for September 10, September 15, and September 17, 2014, you have read about the conquests, politics in the early Muslim community and under the Umayyads, non-Muslim-Muslim relations, and the Abbasid Revolution.  Based on these readings, what was the most important set of issues for the newly founded Muslim community?