freediver wrote on Sep 11
th, 2013 at 8:50am:
Quote:But it is not part of Islamic belief, Moses. Perhaps its a problem with the believers and their interpretation of the Q'ran, not the religion itself?
It is part of Islam. For example, Muhammed and his followers engaged in mass execution of Jewish POWs, forced mass migrations and ethnic cleansing of all non-Muslims from large areas. Islam institutionalises discrimination and oppression in law. You really can't escape these aspects of Islam, without discarding Islam itself.
So, how was this different from the massacres which occurred at the end of most battles and sieges before, during and after the same time which were committed by people who weren't, Muslims, FD?
In reality, it was how warfare was conducted. Perhaps you'd like to read up what happened when the European Christian Crusaders took Jerusalem in 1099 where at the end, most of the population of the city, no matter what their religion was, were slaughtered.
You should perhaps also perhaps acquaint yourself with the battle of Agincourt, where Henry V massacred all the prisoners at the end of the battle in 1415.
I can point you to literally hundreds, perhaps thousands of such massacres across history from it's start to today, FD. So, what made Mohammed's little effort so unique again?