Calling someone islamaphobic in today's world is like calling someone during the crusades christian-phobic.
Not all Christians were killers, but man...
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I have Muslim friends, btw - but I can understand the sentiment people have towards that region of the world.
Slavery, women as property, incest, war, caste systems - nothing resembling the values we traditionally yearn for in the civilized world.
Apparently you haven't studied anything about the crusades, or you studied some atheist/protestant version of history. All crusades were to Catholic/Christian countries that had been invaded by Muslims. (back then all Christians were Catholic, so Christian = Catholic). What were the Catholics in Europe supposed to do?
Bringing to an event closer to our time: what were the US/Canada/other countries supposed to do in WWII? Let Europe be dominated by the national socialists?
(The socialists did win in the end, but that's another story)
Either way my point stands even my analogy is subpar in your eyes.
Millions of people died, estimated up to 5million.
% of population terms is wild.
The warring was over Jerusalem & the holy land though, so the historical reference fits quite nicely for me.
Just like in Yemen & Syria today the bulk of Muslim casualties comes at the hands of other Muslims.
You got pushing millions of deaths over the last few years just with those two conflicts.
But the Islamic jihad mindset reaches all the way to France.
Oh, yeah, if there were no Jews in Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist groups would be killing each other. They envy/hate Israel's success, but they have no plan to improve their lives or to take care of themselves, their families and their communities.
Sadly so, the separation of church state was & will always be bloody.
I see your point and your analogy, but then again, what were they supposed to do back then?
It's also valid to point out the anachronism. People today have access to information, technology, and historical knowledge. We shouldn't judge people from 700-900 years ago with the same criteria we judge people today. And just to be clear, we should be harsher with people today.