I think it could be argued that neither of them are, or that everyone except Gunnar is (and even Gunnar could have converted).
I tend to go with Anwar is culturally Muslim but personally an atheist (which is more or less canon), and Sinbad is Muslim but not really observant, and everyone's speaking and writing Arabic. Though depending on when it's set, not everyone or even most people have converted. The Muslim expansion wasn't to convert people, so, for a long time, it was the Arab ruling class that was Muslim, and a lot of people were whatever they were in the first place (Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian various kinds of pegan). Since Sinbad was raised by his gran, who was a mage, it's quite possible he isn't Muslim. Of course in the original stories, Sindbad very much was, but he was also upper class in the original stories.
I would appreciate it if the show mentioned the dominant religion of the area. I love the producer being all "It's 7th century." NO IT'S NOT! Nice try to dodge around the whole Islam thing, but no, it's really not.
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Date: 2013-03-01 10:12 pm (UTC)I tend to go with Anwar is culturally Muslim but personally an atheist (which is more or less canon), and Sinbad is Muslim but not really observant, and everyone's speaking and writing Arabic. Though depending on when it's set, not everyone or even most people have converted. The Muslim expansion wasn't to convert people, so, for a long time, it was the Arab ruling class that was Muslim, and a lot of people were whatever they were in the first place (Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian various kinds of pegan). Since Sinbad was raised by his gran, who was a mage, it's quite possible he isn't Muslim. Of course in the original stories, Sindbad very much was, but he was also upper class in the original stories.
I would appreciate it if the show mentioned the dominant religion of the area. I love the producer being all "It's 7th century." NO IT'S NOT! Nice try to dodge around the whole Islam thing, but no, it's really not.