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Originally Posted by BonnieDundee
Suffi Islam is much less so. It is a mystical religion and has as much in common with mystical and gnostic strains of xtianity as either do with their respective religions.
At the time the region was no more violent, probably less so, than Europe
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Around 700 AD Europe was certainly no paradise, but the continuing tribal warfare in the birthplace of Islam was significantly worse. What’s more Europe was Christian and was controlled (not too strong a word) by the Roman Catholic church to a considerable extent.
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Originally Posted by BonnieDundee
I see little in Islam to say it is worse than xtianity. It is simply the culture it is in which makes it violent.
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I, and all those who have looked seriously and dispassionately this subject see Christianity as the antithesis of Islam.
As for violence, the whole ethos of Islam is based on violence to the transgressor.
It’s not the culture that makes Islam violent, it’s the other way around. It’s Islam that makes for a violent culture, especially towards non Muslims.