Read the following paragraph from the section "An Intense Sound." Linhart likes the acoustics of ice. Wood is soft and absorbs a lot of an instrument's sound vibrations. Ice absorbs the vibrations, too, but not as much. This makes for a very sharp sound. "Ice instruments produce a sound you can feel more intensely in your entire body," Linhart says.

How does this paragraph contribute to the development of the main ideas of the article?

A
It identifies the specific types of instruments that can be built from ice.
B
It gives a reason why ice instruments are more fragile than wood instruments.
C
It compares ice instruments with those made from traditional materials.
D
It explains the process that Linhart uses for creating instruments made out of ice.

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.