Genesis
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If there was no islam would there still be terrorism? Would there still be hate? I believe the answer is yes, and it is so obvious.
Before the rise of religious wars, there were still wars in Asia with China, and in Europe with Rome and Greece. You can call the crusade and Jihad as religious wars, but in the end, Muslims didn't try to convert everyone in Spain and the Christians sacked their own Christian strong hold Constantinople. Not to mention by the time the third crusade ended the Christian infighting was far more fierce than any fights against Muslim armies.
People fight for land, wealth and women. That had always been the case and I don't understand why people don't see it as such now.
Some say Islamic religion encourage terrorism, but the only times in history, people of any race resort to what is modern day terrorism is when they are weak. Sun Yat Sen and Mao resorted to such tactics when they were weak. American revolutionaries did the same, the Brits did it to the Romans, and every civilized nation did it to some degree in their history.
Anyone that can be convinced to do something in the name of religion, most likely can be convinced to do the same for other reasons. If you think about it, how is being convinced to fight as a soldier anymore sane than convinced to be an ISIS terrorist. I'm not equating the two on moral grounds, but both are expected to die.
Before the rise of religious wars, there were still wars in Asia with China, and in Europe with Rome and Greece. You can call the crusade and Jihad as religious wars, but in the end, Muslims didn't try to convert everyone in Spain and the Christians sacked their own Christian strong hold Constantinople. Not to mention by the time the third crusade ended the Christian infighting was far more fierce than any fights against Muslim armies.
People fight for land, wealth and women. That had always been the case and I don't understand why people don't see it as such now.
Some say Islamic religion encourage terrorism, but the only times in history, people of any race resort to what is modern day terrorism is when they are weak. Sun Yat Sen and Mao resorted to such tactics when they were weak. American revolutionaries did the same, the Brits did it to the Romans, and every civilized nation did it to some degree in their history.
Anyone that can be convinced to do something in the name of religion, most likely can be convinced to do the same for other reasons. If you think about it, how is being convinced to fight as a soldier anymore sane than convinced to be an ISIS terrorist. I'm not equating the two on moral grounds, but both are expected to die.