Agood friend of yours tells you that he has a new job at a bakery. “oh man, you are so lucky,” you tell him. “you get to smell that fresh bread and the donuts all day long. i’d love to work there.” your buddy shakes his head and says, “you know, that’s what i thought, but after i’m there for a few minutes i don’t even smell the baked goods that much anymore.” because you’ve studied psychology, you know that his loss of responsiveness to the great scents is explained by sensory

the arab empire adopted the muslim religion as their main belief. arabs would influence the people from the territories they invaded towards islam (the muslim belief).

nevertheless, throughout the history of the arab empire, rulers brought intellectual individuals from other religions to their centers of learning. these other foreigners included jews, christians, greeks, persians, and indians.   these resulted in the adoption of important knowledge developed by these cultures by the arabic empire. for example, the works of aristotle were translated from greek to arab and indian scientists brought the numerical concept of "zero" to the arabs.

nowadays, 93% of the arab population is muslim, which at the same time is subdivided in sects including the sunni, zaini, alawi, shia. the remaining 7% is composed mainly of christians.