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2016-03-15 Olde Tyme Religion

Prophet Muhammad strongly supported religious freedom

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Posted by Fred 2016-03-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11124 views ] Top

#1 Who?

Who is Mohammed?

Posted by newc 2016-03-15 01:53|| 2016-03-15 01:53|| Front Page Top

#2 sounds fishy

if the documents discovered are before 632 and are in Egypt and Iran then they can't have been of Moslem origin since Islamic conquests of those areas was well after that date

Posted by lord garth 2016-03-15 09:04|| 2016-03-15 09:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, as long as they were Dhimmis who pay the tax in humiliation, did not show their religious symbols or worship in public. They has zero legal rights or recourse. Otherwise it's convert, or die.

Just a few trivial items they forgot to include in their report...

Just more of that 'ISIS is not islamic' bullsh*t.

Posted by CrazyFool 2016-03-15 09:31|| 2016-03-15 09:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Tell it to the Jews of Medina.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-15 09:45|| 2016-03-15 09:45|| Front Page Top

#5 The old Mongol approach was to destroy everything they couldn't use or move. After burning his why in to China, the Great Khan was advised by a captive Chinese official that maybe its of more value to the Khan to have people around the make the silk, dig the gold, and basically pay him off with goodies rather than just outright kill them. The Khan decided that there was something to this, I guess you could call it, tolerance. Far more based on greed rather than any real mercy. "What's in it for me" isn't supporting anything other than a 'return on investment'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-15 10:13|| 2016-03-15 10:13|| Front Page Top

#6 ..burning his way...

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-15 10:13|| 2016-03-15 10:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Old Genghis was a pragmatist (look at #4) Islam is a religion of resentment

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-15 10:43|| 2016-03-15 10:43|| Front Page Top

#8 IIRC while the old guy believed (or convinced his incorporated fellow tribes) he had 'divine' authority (didn't they all play that game), they didn't carry out their destructive and conquering ways beyond that and had no book to rationalize their behavior or justify their imposition of servitude on their victims.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-15 13:25|| 2016-03-15 13:25|| Front Page Top

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