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In reply to the discussion: Attacks On Mosques And Harassment Of Muslims Skyrocketing In America [View all]Yorktown
(2,884 posts)51. You mix so many different issues it's hard to see your point
I do not hold Christianity in high regard either.
But the wars waged in the name of Christianity were mostly between brands of Christianity: Catholics vs Protestants, mainly. There were not wars waged to propagate Christianity. The Crusades were belated defensive wars in reaction to the Muslim/Arab onslaught. And colonialism was mostly about resources, Christian ministers just following on the coattails of invading forces.
But back to the point: in today's world, the main danger to world peace is Islam*, far ahead of anything else. In the not too distant future, it could become Chinese assertiveness if China doesn't become a democracy.
(*even if GW did manage to make the US the main offender vs world peace for a few years)
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Ohio Boy Threatens To Bring Gun To School To Shoot Muslim Boy He Called A ‘Terrorist’
napkinz
Dec 2015
#1
Glad you won't mind hot coffee thrown on you then since it's not a crime in your book
Person 2713
Dec 2015
#52
Reliable motivation for frenetic Anti-Muslim rhetoric? Reicht wing ambitions of Military Conflict
M Kitt
Dec 2015
#41
Throwing coffee in someone's face IS assault. Just because you don't think it IS assault does not
CBGLuthier
Dec 2015
#17
Better yet throw hot coffee in his own face and get back to us on how trivial it was
Person 2713
Dec 2015
#53
How about smacking a Muslim woman in the face with a heavy beer mug?
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2015
#57
Historically, spreading hatred of a particular group results in attacks by the demented against
pampango
Dec 2015
#5
Republicans only recognize acts of terror carried out by followers of radical Islam.
napkinz
Dec 2015
#16
Who cares? What counts is numbers: radical Islam is taking the lead in terrorism.
Yorktown
Dec 2015
#21
There are 1.6 billion Muslims, more than half of which believe the Sharia should apply
Yorktown
Dec 2015
#32
Muslims are such peaceful and welcoming people. They would be the last to resort of violence...
951-Riverside
Dec 2015
#26
Someone else is tracking these Anti-Islamic trends? That kind of Compassion is rare these days.
M Kitt
Dec 2015
#39
I think the point is you are more likely to be killed by a radical right-wing nut
napkinz
Dec 2015
#44
And you seem to be "Invalidating" the threat posed by our own Reicht Wing fundamentalists
M Kitt
Dec 2015
#46
So we agree GW and Cheney R owners of a Gigantic Clusterf*ck that the rest of us have inherited
M Kitt
Dec 2015
#48
GW's war did not invent Afghanistan's Talibans or Algeria's GIA which killed half a million
Yorktown
Dec 2015
#49