Yeah, blame the victims. Played a role, yes. Caused it all, no. Were it not for the nasty Byzzies, Muhammed would’ve been a choirboy.
All the Christians fault. They made Muzzies bad. Muzzies wanted so hard to be nice but nasty Byzzies left them no choice but to be bad.
Bad bad Byzzies.
It’s simple historical fact, not a political perspective. Muslims weren’t the only violent people in history held at bay by client states acting as buffers.
The Byzantines and the Persians both persecuted the buffer states between them and Islam, nearly at the same time. That, more than anything, allowed Islam to spread beyond its original, parochial limits.