A legacy of violence

netwmd.com ^ | 3/2/2011 | Efraim Karsh

[forty_years]

... In the long history of the Islamic empire, the wide gap between delusions of grandeur and the forces of localism would be bridged time and again by force of arms, making violence a key element of Islamic political culture. No sooner had the prophet Muhammad died than his successor, Abu Bakr, had to suppress a widespread revolt among the Arabian tribes. Twenty-three years later, the head of the umma, Caliph Uthman ibn Affan, was murdered by disgruntled rebels; his successor, Ali ibn Abi Talib, was confronted for most of his reign with armed insurrections, most notably by the governor of Syria, Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufian, who went on to establish the Umayyad dynasty after Ali's assassination. ...

[vpintheak]

Islam can only be spread by the sword, and enforced by the sword. Sure, you’ll pick up a few weak-minded converts here and there, but it can’t last. I could go on about the evils of that cult, but mos tof us know them already.

[Amberdawn]

I recommend reading Karsh’s books for a fine non-PC history of islame.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks forty_years.