Western nation does not equal Christian nation

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Jun 27, 2008 at 22:12

Under Muslim rule Jews and Christians enjoyed peace , unlike what the Muslims are experiencing under Jewish and Christian rule , then and now.

When Islam came to be in Saudi Arabia, the three Jewish tribes were wiped out.

Paying an unfair tax and not being able to share the joys of the Gospel is hardly a happy state of living for a devout Christian.

When the Jews were suffering persecution and pogroms in Christian Europe, they enjoyed peace and they fluorished under Muslim ruled Spain. The Jews held many official positions and culturally they fluorished. Their famous Maimonides , lived in Muslim ruled Spain. When Christians came into power, they forced the Muslims to convert to Chriatianity, killed many and exiled many to South American Spanish colonies. Jews suffered the same, but they went for refuge to Muslim areas, Morocco and Ottomon Turkey ...

Okay, so that was pretty horrible, but does that mean it's okay for Muslims to be violent today?

Muslims are suffering horrible oppression under Christian and Jewish rule at present, in Palestine, Iraq, Afghaniistan, Chechnya.

First of all, Palestine governs itself. Unfortunately, they've chosen to elect terrorists, but that's their mistake.

Secondly, Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic, so your claim that Christianity has any role in that government is absolutely incorrect.

Third, like Afghanistan, Iraq is a sovereign nation. Christianity has no rule there either.

It would probably be more accurate to say that Muslims are suffering horrible oppression under Islamic rule, as they have since the religion was founded.

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