To say that there is nothing in the Koran "that encourages aggressive war or violence" is utter nonsense.
Well, having it read it a few dozen times in four different languages, I can say it is not utter nonsense. Having written a graduate thesis on it a decade ago, I can say it is not utter nonsense.
Not only does the Koran "encourage blatant war and conquest of new territories to spread the religion of Muhammad", as the writer said, but the Koran commands this genocidal mass murder, and this is the reason why 270 million people (129 million Africans, 60 million Christians, 80 million Hindus, & 10 million Buddists) have been killed by marauding Muslims following these insane commands.
ROFL! Look at the way your source gets these numbers:
Thomas Sowell estimates that eleven million slaves were shipped across the Atlantic and fourteen million were sent to the Islamic nations of North Africa and the Middle East. David Livingstone estimated that for every slave who reached the plantation, five others died by being killed in the raid or died on the forced march from illness and privation. So, for 25 million slaves delivered to the market, we have the collateral death of about 120 million people. Muslims ran all the wholesale slave trade in Africa. Death toll: 120 million Africans
The number of Christians martyred by Islam is nine million. A rough estimate by Raphael Moore in History of Asia Minor is that another fifty million died in wars by jihad. So to account for the one million African Christians killed in the 20th century we have: 60 million Christians
If you're honestly going to try peddling this bullcrap around, at least use objective sources that do not use fallacious reasoning to make conclusions. Muslims did not run the wholesale slave trade in Africa. They are also putting the 9 million African slaves that American and British Christians forcefully took under that same ridiculous umbrella.
At least find a reputable source for these numbers, otherwise they are mere propaganda.
It was only until 1905 that the West finally liberated its territory previosly savaged by Islam, marking the end of 1400 years of Islamic rule and jihad.
LOL! The
Middle East was territory belonging to the
West? I guess you'd be one of those propagandists who'd say World War I and II were started by Muslims and that the Final Solution was actually a Muslim invention :roll:
(Jamie Glazov, "The Infidel Revolution", frontpagemagazine.com, February 21, 2007.)
Nothing in the Quran. Good grief ! The book is loaded with examples of commands of genocide against infidels (non-Muslims). Here's just a few examples : (there are many more) :
Book? It's your source and you think of it as a book? It's an interview with a bigot. A bigot who makes inaccurate and false statements. Great source! An example of your source's non-credibility:
Warner: A dhimmi is a second class citizen of an Islamic state. They can remain Christian or Jew, but pay a special tax and have very few legal rights. They are forbidden to study the Koran.
"Special tax" - Jizya is a poll tax and it's far less than what Muslims pay for Zakat in an Islamic state (which dhimmis do not have to pay). They have the same legal rights as Muslims, depending on the state. There is discrimination, just like there is discrimination in America against Muslims. They are free to study the Qur'an whenever they want. Why would Muslims stop others from reading their holy book? That is a ridiculous assertion by your ridiculous source.
1. "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and his messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of truth, [even if they are] the people of the Book [Christians and Jews], until they pay with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.." (the Koran 9:29).
Yay! Out of context quotes from the Qur'an. I can do the same with the Bible and Old Testament, yet no one would give them the light of day because they are out of context. Anyways, the Surah you are quoting here has to do with a treaty made between the Muslims and the Quraish (a pagan tribe in Mecca). The Quraish violated this treaty and were given three options. They chose the to dissolve the treaty and persecute the Muslims. What the Muslims did afterward was in self-defense.
2. "Allah purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs in return is the Garden of Paradise: they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth (the Koran 9:111).
Same Surah, yet this one has absolutely nothing to do with aggressive war. Good job there!
3. "Slay the idolators wherever you find them." (the Koran 9:5).
Same Surah, yet you left off the ayat before it:
Excepting those of the idolaters with whom ye (Muslims) have a treaty, and who have since abated nothing of your right nor have supported anyone against you. (As for these), fulfil their treaty to them till their term. Lo! Allah loveth those who keep their duty (unto Him).
And you "somehow forgot" to include this part from the ayat you quoted:
but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
4. "I will inspire terror in the hearts of Unbelievers: you smite them above their necks and smite all their fingertips off them" (the Koran 8:2).
LOL! Have you even read the Qur'an? Completely, not off some Islamophobic website that you set as your homepage? Just an FYI, the above isn't even close to being accurate of Surah 8 Ayat 2:
They only are the (true) believers whose hearts feel fear when Allah is mentioned, and when His revelations are recited unto them they increase their faith, and who trust in their Lord;
Yes, this is such a great quote for you to use to show that Islam is all about aggressive war! :roll: It's quite obvious you just copied and pasted them from some ignorant website that only serves to assuage your preconceived agenda.
Like it or not, ever since after the death of Mohammed, his legacy can be summed up in one word : Conquest. And the evidence of it isn't just 622 A.D. (the Hijra) - 751 A.D. by which time Islam had conquered more of the earth than the Roman empire at its peak. It is in the 20th century, and well into the 21st.
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The Roman Empire, at its peak, was only 6.5 million km2 big and that was around 117 AD. Not really a good comparison. The British Empire (the largest in the world) was 33.7 million km2 in 1946. The Russian Empire and the Spanish Empire were all bigger than any Islamic empire. Each empire I listed above were all connected to Christianity. Using your logic, I could make the statement that Christianity is the root cause of foreign imperialism. Of course, your logic is flawed and faulty, so I will not use it.