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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Richnorth who wrote (24408)	3/12/2004 3:54:08 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27746

You said...." ...." Too bad the Al-Qaeda folks don't share your opinion. And so they acted. Mind you, it was the Crusades that invaded Moslem territories. So it was they that started the seemingly never-ending series of tit-for-tats."..... Message 19908235 I asked you which territories you referred to because islam spread to many other countries through force and many countries that islam invaded were forced to convert to islam. You say that it was the Crusaders that started the tit-for-tat conflicts that continue to this day. I disagree. The Crusaders were only taking back what was originally their's and was taken from them by force. So for the most part any territories that muslim's claim was taken by force by islam. Even Mecca was a different religion until islam invaded and forced their religion on the peoples of this area. Wherever islam exists to day it was most often through force although I'm sure many conversions were voluntary. Islam is the late coming religion and as such had to invade other older religions, countries and cultures if they wished to expand. So even though most of your posted history appears to be correct IMO you are wrong in thinking that any territory belongs to islam. they can claim only what they can continue to hold...same as any other culture.