[Pierre]

Originally Posted by roughbeast

Islam does do multiculturalism.

I mean, it is hilarious, but i wouldn’t open with it.

As I previously pointed out, when Islam was at its height in terms of geographical spread, there were more Christian churches in Muslim lands than in Christian lands.

That’s as maybe, but way before the Islamist revolution of Iran, and the Islamist ideological capture of most of the region, which resulted in the almost total eradication of any religion other than Islam.

It’s like saying when Germany was at its height in terms of geographical spread, there were tens of millions of Jews living there, when Germany lost though, there was around six million less Jews.

Mainstream Islam tolerates all three Abrahamic/Ibrahimic religions and had found an accommodation with Hinduism and Sikhism

We’re not dealing with mainstream Islam

in India before the Brits arrived and destabilised everything, imposing divisive laws against homosexuality and protest.

Avoiding the emotive rhetoric, we didn’t “arrive” we were asked by the forerunner to the UN to administer the region, previously administered by the Ottoman Empire.

The Prophet also declared that good Muslims should abide by the laws in any country they emigrate to.

Which they very obviously don’t.

We both complain about the extremists and I mourn the loss of the moderate Muslim states I encountered in the early 1970s.

I mourn them too. Before the Islamist revolution in Iran, the region was very progressive. Not a burkha or hijab in sight.

Islamic extremists are no different than extreme evangelical Christians and Jews.

Well they are as there are very little, if any, incidents of extreme evangelical Christians and Jew massacring anyone.

Just take an historical perspective and look at the behaviour and attitudes of so-called Christians in the Bible Belt of the USA

Oh yes, all the murders, and all the supporting of murders, and marching supporting all the Christian freedom fighting murderers…………………I totally take your point.