The Koran
All you need to know is that MOST genocide has and continues to occur at the hands of non-religious powers. More people have been murdered for daring to utter the words, “I believe” as in I believe in a power greater than the state. Look around you, history is repeating itself in spades.
“More people have been killed in the name of Christianity than any other religion.”
Tell him to prove it.
And if he mentions the Crusades, laugh.
The Persian massacre of 90,000 Christians during the siege of Jerusalem in 614 AD
The Muslim conquest of Syria in 637
The Muslim conquest of Armenia in 639
The Muslim conquest of Egypt, 639
The Muslim conquest of North Africa, 652
The Muslim conquering of Visigothic Christian Hispania (Spain) in 711 AD.
The Muslim siege of Constantinople 717-718
The Muslim conquest of Tbilisi, 736
The Muslim conquest of Southern Italy and the looting of the Basilica of Saint Peter in 846 AD.
The continued Muslim attacks on the Byzantine Empire which FINALLY led to the first crusade.
Funny how all we ever learn is about those evil crusaders who attacked the harmless peaceful Muslims who never threatened them...
Why does the past even matter. Right NOW, the Muslims want to convert the entire world to their religion, at the point of a sword, if necessary.
Do we not defend ourselves because of the crusades? I’ve never even understood the premise of this argument. Even if this liberal is right, so what. I prefer to not be killed by muslims, even if it does ‘even the score’.
Look at the history of the 20th century. Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, Hitler, Castro,... None of them were religious leaders.
Any book covering Islam in history would carry that material.
When Islam invaded the Indian subcontinent hundreds of millions were killed. It was an extremely brutal period in human history, spanning hundreds of years. The number of deaths is difficult to estimate let alone document. I had some references on my last computer that alas, it died. I’m sure some patient Googling could resurrect the info. The impression from my brief research on this topic is that the world total killed by Islam since its invention by Mohamed could approach one billion, easily exceeding the Nazi and Communist numbers in the 20th century.
By the way, the Catholic Inquisition (that the libs and anti-Christians like to bring up) only killed a few thousand, over many decades.
And tell those ignorant jerks to get a hold of some real history, and not that Marxist crap that's rattling around in their skulls like so many dead leaves and dried insects.
Drop a FReepmail to LS, he might know.
Show your friend the Wikipedia page on human sacrifice in Aztec culture.
Look for books by Srdja Trifkovic.....there are many, one of which is The Sword and the Prophet
Maybe not the best historical narrative I’ve read, but informative:
“Jihad In The West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries”
by Paul Fregosi
It should have been subtitled: “More Than a Millenium of Buckets of Blood”.
The next greatest cause of strife and death in the world today, and certainly over the last hundred or so years, is courtesy of the arab and muslim countries. I'm fairly certain the only reason they're lagging here is a lack of facilities. It's certainly not from a lack of trying.
Maybe you should ask your leftist "friend" which religions have "grown up," and allow their followers, and more importantly, those who don't adhere to their religion, to live in peace, especially over the last hundred or so years.
Mark
Tell him to bring along his wife and children and that you want a peaceful resolution to the arguement.
When you start debating, take out a knife, in the name of peace, and saw his head off. Then, rape his wife and put her in chains, and molest his daughter and marry her. Repeat with many liberals and increase your harem and your blood lust.
Now that there is no more arguing with you, you have peace...right?
My personal favorite:
The Myth of Islamic Tolerance edited by Robert Spencer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_Islamic_Tolerance