none of you no jihad

Submitted by A Ali (United Kingdom), Apr 10, 2004 at 20:16

I have been going through all the comments and Im very very suprised by.. comments people have been commenting on.

All the greatest conquests of muslims that happened at no point did they force religion onto them. They just had to pay the tax for living in the islamic country, so they will be protected and treated as first class citizens like the rest of the population, muslims. People usually convert to islam because they see it as the true religion. Why do you think islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, not just in muslim countries but also in the western countries too?

Also people forgot to mention that the islamic empire was the biggest there ever was and lasted longer than any other empires before or after the collapse of the islamic state, in 1924. As you can see in the news there's violence almost everyday which shows the so called 'islamic radicals' has killed many people. These people are just followong the basic rules of islam, like Osama Bin Laden. have you ever wondered if there was a true vote in Saudi Arabia, the people will vote for Bin Laden. Anyway, they say only 10% of muslim population is following that sect. and it is the fastest growing sect in islam. That 10% is big enough to create an army of over 140million. Just think about what it might be in 10 years time.

The younger generations in the islamic world has lost faith in their rulers, especially the ones with close ties with the USA. As america and other western countries that occupies muslim lands carries on their slaughtering of innocent people for their material use the younger generation is getting very upset. Their government dont even listens to them, rather give side with the west. This will cause a major problem not just in Arabia, but the whole of middle-east. The islamic militants knows about this and also taking advantage of it. Soon they will topple the leaders of middle-east one by one, then take over. After they have taken over, thanks to america, they will be in charge of unlimited wealth from the oil. They will refuse oil to the western countries which will cause massive economic effects around the whole world. What I'm tryng to say is that america and the west are going in a very dangerous path. Like the destruction of all the empires, america and the west are not too close.

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