My point is other people lived there. It is not any one persons right to simply kill people who think differently, whether they happen to live in the same vicinity or live on the other side of the planet. That is the point I am trying to make. If the Chinese have such a Law it is a Law because the majority of Chinese agree that such a practice is wrong. We could then assume that most Chinese do not practice female infanticide. Make sense?
I think it is wrong for anyone to conquer other people, kill them and take their stuff. Seems like a pretty simple idea. You seem to agree in all aspects except when it rubs against your romanticized notions of how Mohammad's armies conquered Arabia. Then something clicks and likewise rational goes right out the window. You can be very stubborn..... ??? I understand WHY Mohammad conquered Arabia. I'm sure he thought he was either doing a Gods will or simply by conquering and uniting Arabia the place would be better. It is still wrong. That;'s what ALL conquerers like think. Alexander thought that (oh he's in the Qur'an as well), Julius thought that, the Japanese thought that, the Mongolians thought that, the Greeks thought that, GW Bush thinks that. It is still wrong to kill people because they don't think as you wish they would.
Sure, which is why Islam ushered in the Golden Age for Arabia. Obviously most people wanted a better life.
Thats unrealistic. Thats like saying anyone who goes to school should be intelligent, compassionate and rational. That does not happen but no one thinks its wrong to go to school, do they?
When's this "Golden Age" gonna' begin, Sam? When's Islam gonna' give the Aaaaaa-rabs a better life? Baron Max
Yes, Sam, it can. I'm still waiting for your suggestions about when "The Golden Era" of the Aaaa-rabs under Islam is gonna' begin. Baron Max
If this the Islam golden Era, with more Muslims killing each other than anyone else killing them, then I'd hate to see an era which isn't Golden.
You missed it the first time around.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age
Of course, it wasn't all that "Golden" for non-muslims. Never really has been, frankly. I suppose "Golden" is a matter of perspective.
Wasn't it? The European Renaissance and Golden Age of Jewish culture throughout that period escape your attention? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_Jewish_culture_in_the_Iberian_Peninsula http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_Judaism
Err...the Renaissance occurred from the 1300s to 1700s centuries. The period you're talking about is about 900-1200. Sooo...not a strong correlation there. Moreover, Europe and Islam were actually at war during that period. And every other, come to think of it. As for the "Golden Age for Jewish Culture", perhaps you've heard of Maimonides? And dhimmitude?
Yes, I heard the Jews were leaving in droves for the enlightened West. And the Renaissance was a result of the Islamic Age, the Europeans destroyed all the works which the Arabs preserved, remember? http://www.twf.org/Library/Renaissance.html
You may have missed the point in your links about what also befell Jewish citizens of islamic countries: I like how the author calls it "violent conflict between Jews and Muslims", as if it were both ways or something. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! The link: a supremacist da'wa site? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please, don't bother. I note other articles therein as thinly veiled islamicism, such as this: So: the actual story is characterised immediately as a "conspiracy theory". Good job. You picked a supremacist site for your much-vaunted link. Kudos.
Then you have incontrovertible evidence, do you? I like how media hype gets converted to established truth.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! And like I said, the Jews were leaving in droves for the enlightened West. Now they have Palestine, they are certainly proving how they deal with their problems, aren't they? Considering their educated democratic example in the backward ME?
I thought we were talking about the "Islamic Golden Age", sam? Except that it wasn't so golden after all. Dross. Iron pyrite: A "Fool's Golden Age".
And the author does? My position is at least based on facts, and required no anti-semitism to float it. LOL - ditto, Sam, ditto. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Except that my interpretation has facts behind it.
