Why did the Spaniards burn books and destroyed native civilizations in the Americas and the rule of Islam?

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), May 13, 2016 at 07:21

Destroying a civilization and burning its books is evil period

The Spaniards that invaded the Americas must have been inspired by the Muslim invaders of Spain when they destroyed native civilizations and burned their books and forced the native population to convert to Christianity

And yes there are no doctrines in Christianity that would inspire such behavior and outcome

And yes the Crusades were a valid response to the Arab/Muslim invasion of the Holy Land starting in 633CE And find me a Muslim that would apologize or even admit about the atrocities committed by the Muslim invaders and the appalling destruction of the old empires of late antiquity by the Muslim invaders of the Middle East

Arabian imperialism is the only imperialism that is till admired by 1.6B human beings!

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