When and Why the West Began to ‘Demonize’ Muhammad-Did Christendom really trigger the conflict?

Frontpagemagazine ^ | 12-29-17 | Raymond Ibrahim

[SJackson]

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[Morpheus2009]

No, some people recognize a conflict for what it really is. Some people also can see a problem right in front of them.

[TheRobb7]

How do you demonize a pedophile? It’s already done for us.....

[Mount Athos]

Bookmarking this!

[bagster]

Islam has demonized itself.

Shut up, Dhimmi.

[tomkat]

             

[jjotto]

It seems that Mohamed and Islam were seen by Jews as relatively ‘normal’ non-Jews with a blood lust for empire until the teachings of the Koran actually built a unique culture. By the 12th century he was sometimes just referred to as ‘The Madman’, though Islam was seen as apocalyptic as early as the start of the 8th century.

[Elsie]

To understand any phenomenon, its roots must first be understood. Unfortunately, not only do all discussions on the conflict between Islam and the West tend to be limited to the modern era, but when the past, the origins, are alluded to, the antithesis of reality is proffered: we hear that the West—itself an anachronism for Europe, or better yet, Christendom—began the conflict by intentionally demonizing otherwise peaceful and tolerant Muslims and their prophet in order to justify their “colonial” aspirations in the East, which supposedly began with the Crusades.

Someones study of History seems a bit limited...

Genesis 16:12

"He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers."

[Travis McGee]

[Bryanw92]

>>The sooner more people in the West understand this—understand the roots of the animosity—the sooner the true nature of the current (or rather ongoing) conflict will become clear.

All I need to see to know this is the timeline.

God comes down to earth as Jesus to give us the gospel and to save mankind from damnation.

Six centuries later, a man enters a cave and meets a demon. He runs home and hides, but his wife tells him to go back and see what it has to say. The demon tells him that Jesus is not God, Jews are not the Chosen People, and that both are guilty of unpardonable sins so he must convert or kill them.

If you believe the teachings of Christianity, then Islam must be evil. If you don’t, then either one or both could be evil.

[boycott]

Islam demonized itself.

Mohammad got his start robbing caravans, killing, raping, beheading, etc. Islam at its core is evil so there was no need for any other group to demonize.

[Biggirl]

Keep telling it like it is.

[madison10]

Watch this spot

[bagster]

Yes, ma’am.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Vaquero]

The crusaders should have done to islam, what islam wants to do to Christianity. Destroy it.

[Chainmail]

Damn propagandists!

[stockpirate]

Islam is a false religion. Besides me saying so doesn’t mean you get to kill Americans or me.

[Cvengr]

Burden of proof is on the Muslims.

Jesus Christ was not only crucified, but Ressurrected, seen by hundreds, and witnessed to have ascended to Heaven, and then followed as promised by God the Holy Spirit indwelling believers.

In order for the Islamic message to have any validity, it has to clearly explain how God has changed His Plan since those known events.

Islam claims Jesus Christ is a Prophet, but denies His Truth. So either He wasn’t who He said He was and not a Prophet, or He was who He had claimed and His Word is true.

Islam is contradictory regarding Jesus Christ and consequently shown to be untruthful. Since Islam came about some 6 centuries after the Ascension, it has lots of explaining to do if it is ever to be taken as truthful.