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[Book Review] Christianity Good, Islam Bad?

August 21, 2007 - 1:00 am - by John Derbyshire
Joseph McNulty
2007-08-21 16:42:42

If you want to die as a martyr, that is your business. Just don’t tell me that my Christianity requires such pacifism or that I should stand by quietly while my wife or chindren are put to death. Note that I am not calling for genocide against Muslims. I am only asking for a clear-eyed view of the threat. Christianity does not require mass suicide. Do you think that your Christianity requires conversion to Islam rather than resistance? What about dhimmitude? The Qur’an only gives you three choices: conversion, dhimmitude with payment of the jizya tax, or death. Choose one. There is no other choice. We are kidding ourselves to think there is.