The overall unity of the Muslim world disintegrated during the tenth and eleventh centuries because of:
A) a special tax levied on Jews and Christians.
B) failures among the Umayyad rulers of Spain.
C) repeated attacks by the Mughal empire of India.
D) economic problems and a stagnating intellectual life.
E) increasing intolerance of regional and ethnic differences of practice and belief within Islam.

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The disintegration of unity in the Muslim world during the tenth and eleventh centuries was largely due to increasing intolerance of regional and ethnic differences of practice and belief within Islam, leading to political fragmentation and the rise of various independent states and sects.

The Overall Unity of the Muslim World Disintegrated During the Tenth