Original sentence: The Caliphate during the tenth century has been called an Islamic Golden Age.The period of the Emirate and the Caliphate is known for the tolerant acceptance of Christians, Muslims and Jews living in the same territories
Edited sentence: Muslims claim that the period of the Emirate and the Caliphate was tolerant to the surviving Christian and Jewish dhimmis living on the conquered land provided that they followed stringent dhimmi rules imposed by the Islamic occupiers.The Caliphate during the tenth century has been called an Islamic Golden Age by Muslims though critics challenge this as a myth pointing out that this supposed golden age was preceded by the brutal slaughter of tens of thousands of native spaniards by the invading Muslim armies