tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396326360869410567.post7131396384911379588..comments2024-03-21T19:38:47.717-07:00Comments on World History to 1500: Islam After MuhammadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396326360869410567.post-3856015307739438162017-04-16T11:03:35.005-07:002017-04-16T11:03:35.005-07:00That Islam was founded on violence is a bitter fac...That Islam was founded on violence is a bitter fact which nobody can change. Another fact is that Islam subsists of violence. <br /><br />Mohammed was able to convert only 50 people in first ten years, and many of these were his relatives. In medina he was more successful, but there he consolidated his position by assassinating his critics(an abhorrent thing for a founder of a religion). He murdered those who became disenchanted with his religion, and established the killing of apostates as a standard Islamic practice. <br /><br />What kept Islam going is that Muslims are not allowed to know of other religions, preaching of other religions to a Muslim is at the risk of death. Converting out of Islam is punishable by death. Pious Muslims are authorized to carry out this killing of converts to other religions, where the government could not do the killing.<br /><br />Jihad, that requirement to fight for Islam is one of the pillars of Islam. It was only of recent that some Islamic scholars included personal strife as part of Jihad and not all scholars accept this. So Islam was firmly established through violence,propagated through violence and maintained through violence. <br /><br />It is not easy for any, who knows the life of Muhammad, knows the history of Islam, and the current Islamic affairs, to honestly say that Islam is a religion of peace. Until Islam allows freedom of worship, freedom of association, and freedom of conscience, there will always be wars and strife in Muslim lands. The apparent stability in Saudi Arabia, and Iran will not be long, because the human spirit will continually strive for freedom and liberty.<br /><br />There many beautiful things in Islam are far more numerous than the violence and lack of freedom, but they are marred and overshadowed by the violence. The sooner the greater majority of Muslim, face the bitter truth about their religion, the better it will be for everyone, Muslims included.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371395584138520790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396326360869410567.post-91863663143031870262015-10-09T03:03:28.386-07:002015-10-09T03:03:28.386-07:00Your Blog provides all my required things. This is...Your Blog provides all my required things. This is a nice Blog. You explained here information about the thing that I was searching for. It helps me a lot. You are doing great. Thank you for providing me the useful information's. Visit: <a href="http://dailyseerah.abuaminaelias.com/#about" rel="nofollow">Biography of Muhammed</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985930621551945770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396326360869410567.post-88694506886909624792012-07-19T05:15:28.763-07:002012-07-19T05:15:28.763-07:00Seeker of the Truth: Your reasoning that "Is...Seeker of the Truth: Your reasoning that "Islam was, is and will continue to be a religion with violence, terrorism and conquest at its center" (conquest at its center doesn't fit in my mind as to what you want to say, perhaps you meant to include those conquered areas to be included with the kalifate's central command)is highly misconceived interpretation of Islam. A religion doesn't spread on the strength of military might, it can only conquer the areas but can not conquer the hearts. If sword was the reason of spreading Islam, where do the Mongols fit, where are they now, where are the nations of Genghis Khan, Hilaku Khan. They had set on fire the whole city of Baghdad, the centre of Muslim world at that point in time. Islam still exists, those attackers are nowhere now. <br /><br />The author has tried to be as much neutral as the history allowed him to be, and I think he has succeeded in his remaining so. He has given a summarized and general chronological events with reasons why those events occured. I think it is an acceptable analysis for both sides of the world. Your calculation is based on what is happening these days, that facts are there and nobody can deny these facts, only your analysis is wrong because you are just describing the tip of glacier that is visible to naked eye. What is in depth require a deep study of history to know why it is happening.<br /><br />Not very long back, a historical scientist Mr. Samuel Huntington had written a controverial sentence in his book "Islam has bloody borders". I had given a reply to this, kindly google "not the whole truth mr. huntington", it is first on first page. After reading this you might change your opinion. Or may be not, but you cannot deny the reasonings I have put forth.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873772150755445940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396326360869410567.post-44926193399370144562012-04-12T16:43:05.289-07:002012-04-12T16:43:05.289-07:00I find this to be a very pro-Islamic commentary th...I find this to be a very pro-Islamic commentary that ignores,changes and contradicts many established historical facts. Islam was, is and will contnue to be a religion with violence,terrorism and conquest at its center. Muhammed himself only succeede in converting Mecca at the head of an army. Muhammed said "One muslim with a sword is worth ten preachers on rooftops". after muhammed Jihaad or holy war almost suceeded in conquering most of the civilized world including Europe, North Africa most of the middle east and the places we know today that are completley Muslim. Indeed the crusades of the Middle ages were fought over the possesion of Israel and more importantly, Jerusalem. Ottoman Turks who were also Muslim conquored Constantinople the last great city of the Roman Empire. these are all well established and documented facts known to even novices in history.Seeker of Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289594501759600891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396326360869410567.post-81251491841811686652012-04-12T16:30:50.343-07:002012-04-12T16:30:50.343-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Seeker of Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289594501759600891noreply@blogger.com