Thanks for the post, iBS.Ibrahim wrote:monster_gardener wrote:Not really.......For the last 1000 yrs, Middle Eastern people of Jewish, Christian and Islamic faith have lived in peace, harmony .. they went through same hardship or joy in life, lived in peace next to each other .. they respected each other .
In general the dominant Muslims despised the Christians, Jews and other barely tolerated faiths and were intent on slowly or quickly grinding them into submission & conversion to Islam by pretty near whatever means necessary.
Obvious falsehood. Forced conversion is expressly prohibited, Christian and Jewish minorities were protected within Islamic empires for 1300 years. Compare with American genocide of their own indigenous population. Over %10 of the Egyptian population is Coptic. What percentage of the American population is indigenous, and what percentage of those follow their traditional religion? Clearly another case of hypocrisy.
Evidence to the contrary, iBS.......Obvious falsehood.
http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur%27an,_Had ... ars:JizyahAhmad Sirhindi
The honour of Islam lies in insulting kufr and kafirs. One who respects the kafirs dishonours the Muslims… The real purpose of levying jiziya on them is to humiliate them to such an extent that they may not be able to dress well and to live in grandeur. They should constantly remain terrified and trembling. It is intended to hold them under contempt and to uphold the honour and might of Islam.
Sufi saint Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624), letter No. 163
Hello Ibrahim ............. Just because something is officially prohibited doesn't mean that it doesn't happen... Sometime frequently........Forced conversion is expressly prohibited,
Did you bother to click on the link I gave Azari?
Here are some examples from the link for you..........
In 1656, all Jews were expelled from Isfahan because of the common belief of their impurity and forced to convert to Islam.
In the 19th century, there were many instances of forced conversions and massacres, usually inspired by the Shi'a clergy. A representative of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, a Jewish humanitarian and educational organization, wrote from Tehran in 1894: "…every time that a priest wishes to emerge from obscurity and win a reputation for piety, he preaches war against the Jews".[18] In 1830, the Jews of Tabriz were massacred; the same year saw a forcible conversion of the Jews of Shiraz. In 1839, many Jews were massacred in Mashhad and survivors were forcibly converted. However, European travellers later reported that the Jews of Tabriz and Shiraz continued to practice Judaism in secret despite a fear of further persecutions. Jews of Barforush were forcibly converted in 1866;
Often protected the same way the Mafia "protects" its extortion victims from itself except that the Mafia tends not to punch you on the jaw when you pay on time as detailed in this SOP for Muslim Government GangstersChristian and Jewish minorities were protected within Islamic empires for 1300 years.
http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur%27an,_Had ... ars:Jizyah...the dhimmi is obliged not to mention Allah or His Apostle…Jews, Christians, and Majians must pay the jizya …on offering up the jizya, the dhimmi must hang his head while the official takes hold of his beard and hits [the dhimmi] on the protruberant bone beneath his ear [i.e., the mandible]...[4] Al-Ghazali (1101