Muslim Boston Bomber was Angry Because People Thought Islam was a Violent Religion

Experts in the field of interfaith appeasement are still uncertain why Americans think Islam is a violent religion. Many courageous fighters against prejudice have tried to get the word out that Islam is a Religion of Peace. One of them tried to spread the word at the Boston Marathon, but his message was misunderstood and now Americans seem to think more than ever that Islam is a violent religion.

The only way to break this cycle is to convince Americans that Islam really is peaceful and then the peaceful religion will stop killing us. And if that doesn’t work, the government is setting aside a stimulus plan for digging head-shaped holes in the dirt for every Americans.

...no more persecution and religion should be only for Allah...

That's the problem right there. To many (most) Muslims, anyone who is not with them is against them. So merely by not being Muslim we are somehow persecuting or attacking them. Thus they feel entirely justified, obligated even, to attack us.

IMHO there can be no peace with Islam. There will always be some percentage of Muslims willing to attack non-Muslims. Since finding and destroying every single Quaran and digital copy on the planet is impractical, we had better just get used to the idea of always being prepared to defend ourselves, even adopting an eye-for-an-eye approach.

The Koran, as explained to me, commands Muslims to either convert non-believers, enslave them, or “put them to the sword.”

Not entirely accurate. Muslims are commanded to require all to "submit to Allah."

For People of the Book who declined to convert, originally defined as Christians and Jews but since expanded to other religions in practice, at least some of the time, this means agreeing to accept second-class status known as dhimmi.

While modern people may not draw a big distinction, this was VERY different from being enslaved. Dhimmi status, in practice, could vary from barely noticeable formal acknowledgement of Muslim superiority, to Jim Crow/Nazi type harassments to "keep them in their place." The real kicker to being a dhimmi was that the implications of the status could change at a moment's notice at the whim of the ruler. You had no real legal rights. It was very much like the status of Jews in medieval Europe.

Pagans/idolators, originally including Hindus and Buddhists, were supposed to be given the choice only between conversion and death.

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