No, actually, you're wrong. I'm *not* Muslim, but my background is in Middle Eastern studies. I've read the Qur'an and what is painfully clear is that you have not read a verse of it. What specific Qur'anic verses compel conversion at swordpoint? What Hadith? The Qur'an is quite clear on its principles for conversion *"No compulsion in religion."* *Islam even had a specific branch of jurisprudence set up for the proper governing of non-Muslims from the outset - the People of the Book, the Dhimmi and the Jizya. Why would this be the case if they were all ordered to be converted or executed?* *This alone shows your entire point to be abject bullshit.* Now, one thing you are right about is that not *everything* is sunshine and rainbows. It's true. Muslim rulers were humans, and humans err. The Muslim conquests *did* bring about violence. No one denies this. No more or less than previous conquests like the Romans. Just like Christians. Christianity didn't spread by simple evangelism, Christianity was a mere 10% of the population of the Roman Empire when it was adopted and imposed from the top down. It was then reinforced and reinforced more and more through pro-Christian policies. Personally, being agnostic, i'm able to see the strengths and weaknesses of both creeds and remain impartial. I suggest you take a step back, take a chill pill, and do the same.

@ The quran says to kill unbelievers. (surrah 9:5) It also says that that rape of non-muslim women is okay. Also, look at the difference of how christians are treated in muslim countries vs muslims in secular or Christian countries. Till this day muslims are murdering christians en masse. Show me your sources. Im quoting your own book.

@ Also, christianity was never “imposed from the top down”. Christianity was made legal in the first half of the first millennium and from there the religion skyrocketed. It had nothing to do with forced conversion or oppression (like islam) It’s funny how you can come in so confident “my background is in middle eastern studies” yet you have no clue what youre talking about. Simple google searches prove what youre saying is wrong

@@moxeboy where did I say it had anything to do with Forced conversion? Although Christianity had plenty of instances of forced conversions, which I can list if you wish? I didn't deny the instances in which Islam had forced conversions. But claiming Christianity did not have instances of forced conversions is just plain ignorance. What I *said*, and which you didn't address, was that Christianity was brought to a largely Pagan society, which Rome was, by a top down imposition, which is what the Constantinian conversion was. It was imposed by a conversion of Emperor Constantine and the elites, and enforced through policy. As I said, scholarly consensus shows that when Constantine converted, only 10% of the Roman Empire was Christian. So conversion to Christianity was not all due to evangelism and choice. There were just as many instances of forced conversions among the history of Christianity. I also noticed that you pointedly avoided answering my initial question, that of which Qur'anic verses and Hadith specifically instruct Muslims to enforce conversion onto non-Muslims? And you also did not address why would Muslims invent a system of jurisprudence for the governance of non-Muslims from the start of their history, if they enforced conversion on all non-Muslims or killed them?

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