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Originally Posted by ItalianStereotype
i disagree with you about Islam being, at heart, a religion of peace. i think that, since its founding, many Muslims have grown peaceful. in the days of Mohammed, however, violence, conversion at swordpoint, and bloody expansionism were all preached as the will of Allah (in a fundamentally different way than Christianity).
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I agree with you to an extent, but come on, the Crusades? The Inquisition? The 30 Years War? The Salem Witch trials? This nut job who bombed the Olympics and possibly an abortion clinic? Were his views in line with the "fundamental" teachings of Christianity, or is he just a nut who misinterprets things?