[Destro]

These past 50-odd years, the West has been on the defensive trying (ineffectually) to keep Islam at bay, and Islam has been on the offensive in its declared aim to convert the infidels by armed force.

"Cyprus is not a simple piece of territory or nor is it composed only of the Turks living on it. The island has always had a historical, current and strategic importance for us. We have given thousands of martyrs throughout the history for this island which was joined to the Islamic territories on the 28th anniversary of the Hegira. The number of our martyrs in 1974 was 5 thousand. Cyprus has always been a part of our vision for the future. It is the only place where we gained territory in the last 300 years. From a strategic aspect, it is like a 'fixed ship' in the Mediterranean. Those who have some expecations from the East Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Middle East cannot overlook this island." - zaman.org | 02.27.2004 Friday | ALI BULAC

[Viking2002]

A call to arms, my brothers and sisters.

[RussianConservative]

* Although Islam was stopped cold at Poitiers and Vienna, it conquered and held in subjugation for several hundred years present-day: Albania / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Bulgaria / Crete / Cyprus / Greece / Hungary / Montenegro / Portugal/ Romania / Serbia / Spain / and that's just in Europe

Add Makedonia, Portugal, Scicily, Kosovo.

[RussianConservative]

And for short time: Hungary.

[Cronos]

Hmmm. Isalm -- the genocide religion -- the number of hindus killled is wrong, most estimates put it at nearly 100 million over 10 centuries.

[backhoe]

-Islam, a Religion of Peace®? Some links...--

[weegie]

"such Westerners that are still there are either diplomats, journalists, or Western renegades selling their expertise to Islam"

40,000 in the city of Dubai alone - and they are all renegades???

[cynicom]

Bush says Islam is a religion of peace, so there. End of problem.

[pau1f0rd]

The Muslims of Britain made it quite clear that the pronouncement of an Iranian cleric took precedence over the laws of Britain (which goes some length to explain why Britain had to drop the ''Great'' from its title).

Great Britain is the name of the main island, plus the smaller islands around it (like the Isle of White and the Shetlands). The British Isles is the name of all the islands around and including Great Britain, including all of Ireland. The UK comprises Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Great Britain has never changed its name to 'Britain'.

[Consort]

The downside of religion.

[angkor]

Islam tried three times--Poitiers, 732, Vienna 1588 and 1683--to conquer Western Europe by force of arms and each time it was turned back

The Muslims also dominated Sicily during the 8th century and at least once tried to take Rome, a venture which was quickly repelled after the initial sacking.

Memri.org published a speech not too long ago in which some whacky imam stated that Rome is Muslim territory to this very day, and they need to retake it.

[bukkdems]

In approximately 90% of media-reported foreign skirmishes, the provacateurs are described as "rebels" instead being accurately described as Muslims. If people knew the actual scope of Muslim violence and aggression, perhaps it would affect European and American elections. Not many know this, but the island of Trinidad was briefly taken over by Muslims about 12 years ago in a failed coup attempt.

[jordan8]

These past 50-odd years, the West has been on the defensive trying (ineffectually) to keep Islam at bay, and Islam has been on the offensive in its declared aim to convert the infidels by armed force. The Islamic exception is the Jews, whose eradication from this planet has been (with Europe's quiet acquiescence) pronounced, save for young Jewish maidens destined to be parceled out to the harems of the faithful.

Wipe out Israel, maybe, but "eradication from this planet . . . (with Europe's quiet acquiescence)"? Total nonsense.

There is no culture war between Islam and the West. Islam is in no position to challenge the West. The only threat from Islam to the West is the invaders invited to colonize the West by the traitor left and all who collaborate with it in its program of racist colonialism and auto-genocide(a group that includes many here at FR). This point can't be emphasised enough: the only enemy is internal.

In all these religious wars, with the exception of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland isn't a religious war, a fact the author should know.

[Gritty]

The Muslims of Britain made it quite clear that the pronouncement of an Iranian cleric took precedence over the laws of Britain

It's a good thing the Brits have completely disarmed themselves. Now, even when tempers flare, nobody can possibly get hurt and everybody will live in multi-cultural peace!

[Polybius]

What would have happened had Islam won the battle of Poitiers (and it was a very close thing)?

Christian France would have been liberated in the 16th Century by Castile and Aragon. :-)

As it was, during the naval wars of the 1500's by Spain, Venice and the minor Italian states to take away control of the Mediterranean from the Turks, the ally of the Turkish and Barbary Coast Islamic fleets was.........France.

In fact, the Turkish fleet spent the winter of 1543-1544 in the Western Mediterranean in the shelter of the French naval port of Toulon.

[Guillermo]

You never ever hear about the slaughter by Mohammedans of Christians in Armenia and Persia.

My pastors wife's great great grandmother, the mother of Andrew Urshan, (who was spared by a miracle in the same genocide), was butchered for not coverting to Mohammedanism.

And all we hear about today is "Crusades!!"