Re: Stopping global Jihad

Submitted by Bader S (United Arab Emirates), Feb 16, 2006 at 08:04

If what you say so confidently that, "Islam has been trying to destroy Christianity for centuries" is true, how come the oldest christian churches are found today in the heart of the Muslim lands, such as the Coptic Church in Egypt, and the Orthodox Churches in Syria?

In Spain back when the Muslim Moors where driven out who was responsible for the Spanish Inquisition? Was it the Moslems persecuting Christians or was it the Christians persecuting peoples of other faiths?

If the Ottomans wanted to take over Christian Europe how come they were able to employ Christians as soldiers in their armies, and how come they allied themselves with Christian Germans during WWI?

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