“Don’t forget the Crusades! Christians did awful things to Moslems during the Crusades.”
They beat back a militaristic Islam.
Giving the death penalty to scientists who publish is another thing...
“Giving the death penalty to scientists who publish is another thing...”
And who did that happen to?
Don’t embarrass yourself by saying Galileo - because he was NOT sentenced to death at all.
Don’t embarrass yourself by saying Bruno - because he was NOT sentenced to death for anything related to science but for heresy.
So who are you talking about?