Alt-Islam and the Myth of the Religion of Peace
I think, for purposes of Western sanity and security, it is necessary for us to move beyond the debate over whether Islam is a religion of peace or a religion of militant jihad. I personally have never been able to see the rational grounds for the former position given the historical record of Islam’s conquests of Christian lands in its first millennium by military force and the subjugation of non-Muslims, who were given the loaded choice either to convert, or to pay a burdensome “protection” tax, or to suffer death, or to become exiles if they were able to flee, as many did. All of this is historical fact and has once again been thoroughly documented by the excellent research found in “The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise,” by Dario Fernandez-Morera of Northwestern University.
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