At OP,
Must award you bravery points at least for starting this thread. Islam from a historical point of view is no better or worse than Christianity give or take though if we look at numbers than killings in the name of Christ far exceed those committed under the banner of Islam. The way I see it, Empires will use whatever ideology at their disposal to advance (or not) their civilisation and territory whether it be a religion or a political ideology like facism or nationalism. One of the main issues I have with a lot of people (Muslims and non Muslims alike) are they are so quick to see the crimes of others (and rightly so I may add) but completely turn a blind eye to the crimes committed in their name by their Government or in the name of their religion as if it's not a crime at all but for the greater good in some abstract universe.
