An Open Question to Osama Bin Laden — or Any Other Islamist
Nice bit of historical revisionism, Alex. Muslims would be proud of you for parroting their elevated and sanitized view of their bloody history.
Your capsule summary is utter rubbish. You cite Saladin’s compassion in recapturing Jersulem, implying this was typical during Muslim conquests. It wasn’t. Try reading the story of Mehmet II’s conquest of Constantinople in 1453, where the plundering, rape and murder went on nonstop for three days. This is a more typical account of what happened during Muslim conquests, especially during their sweep up through the Balkans in the 15th Century. And you say they were gentle with Hindus? Gimme a break. Try asking an Indian some time about the 80 million Hindus who were slaughtered over the centuries-long Muslim conquest of the Indian subcontinent.
Alex, you need to broaden your reading beyond works by Muslim apologists who like to portray Islam as peaceful and a “light unto the world.” It was/is neither. Your post exhibits a superficial knowledge of history, and one that has been heavily influenced by modern multiculturalist and anti-Western propaganda. Try expanding your reading beyond Islamic apologetics to include some written by its critics, especially historians that actually lived during the centuries-long Muslim assault on Europe that was finally stopped at Vienna in 1683. It’s not only the fair thing to do, and it will prevent you from making statements like you did above. A good one to start with would be “The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam” by the historian Bat Ye’or. You can buy it from Amazon. There are many others, too.
