Emperor ConstantineHistory has it that Constantine, the first Christian Caesar (one of the most talented, vigorous and triumphant Roman emperors), who founded Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, was the first emperors Romans to impose the idea of ​​a Christian theocracy, a political system that presupposes that all subjects are Christians, thus uniting civil and religious rights. It was he who at that time Constantine saw Christianity as the only weapon powerful enough to wipe out the high rate of idolatry that was rampant throughout the Roman Empire. His monarchical regime held Catholic unity in high regard. He was in close contact with the bishops in the year 313, thus making peace and harmony his highest priority in Donatist and Arian disagreements. Helena's devout pilgrimages, Constance's fanatical Aranism, etc. they proved that Constantine had bought his entire family. in his idea of ​​religious feelings. Even if initial Christianity was adopted with infused superstition until it finally disappeared. Constantine was more interested in promoting the external front of Christianity as a social structure than as an internal mission that brought about transformation. After the death of Constantine, his sons did not fully follow in their Father's footsteps (even with their Christian education) in maintaining the Christianity of the 4th-6th centuries was engulfed by the monastic spirit giving great credence to poverty, voluntary celibacy, total obedience and excessive self-punishment of the pillars of the saints and martyrs of the desert. More flamboyant lifestyles were seen as low in morality compared to the prevailing corrupt social situation of the ever-decaying Roman Empire. Emperor Ju...... middle of paper ...... in the Middle East 1789-1923 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. Rudolph Peters, Jihad in Classical and Modern Islam (Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 1996), especially chapter 6, "Jihad and War Propaganda: The Ottoman Jihad Fatwa of November 11, 1914"), pp. 55-57. For examples immediately following 9/11, see Alan Philips, “Ill choose Word [Crusade] Fuels Claims of Intent to Wage War on Islam,” Daily Telegraph (London) (18 September 2011). 2001); Eric Black, “The Christian Crusades Are Bitter Chapters in the History of Islam,” Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (October 21, 2001); Jonathon Phillips, “Why a Crusade Will Lead to a Jihad,” Independent (London) (18 September 2001). PBS Video "Islam: Empire of Faith" (2001) History Channel/A & E's "Inside Islam" (Summer 2002) MSNBC, PBS [Public Broadcast Service] Video "Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet" (December. 18, 2002),