[swilhelm73]

Now, as this frustration and dissatisfaction expresses itself in extremism and terrorism, people like Osama bin Laden talk of the Americans as 'crusaders'. A comparison with the Mongol hordes would be more appropriate.

/Roll eyes

When we kill several million Arabs for the fun of it, you let us know...ok?

I also notice no mention of the fact that most of the Mongols coverted to Islam, and continued to slaughter their way across Eurasia.

[CarrotAndStick]

Actually I posted this simply because I found it interesting. I had thought all along that Genghis Khan was a Muslim. I wonder who converted the Mongols to Islam, and when.

[ReadyNow]

The "golden age" of muslim accomplishments is greatly overrated. They are, and always have been, an inferior society.

[muawiyah]

Mongols tended to adopt whatever religion was dominant in the conquered area. They started out as animists in their homeland. Today they are mostly Buddhist.

If Islamic missionaries had not gotten to them before they moved into the Middle East the carnage and destruction would have been far greater.

[CarrotAndStick]

An of course, this is from a Pakistani newspaper. Just an injection of false bravado and jingoism to keep the country's Islam-based nationalism rejuvenated. No Pakistani journalist would miss the chance to omit the misleading phrases like 'Glory of Islam', 'Golden Age', 'Advanced Muslim civilisation' etc.