Well after conquering Transoxiana, Tamerlane devastated Persia, devastated the Near East, almost destroyed the Ottoman Turks (for being too lenient to Christians), destroyed the Christian city of Smryna, ravaged India, and was on his way to attack China when he died on the way.
He wasn't related to Genghis - but he did marry a descendant of his.
He took his Islamic faith seriously though, calling himself the scourge of Allah.
Was the purpose of this one sided article to make Islam more acceptable to me? Anyone, who ever took the time to study Islam, realizes very early on, that it was spread with the sword. Covert or die! The methods still have not changed. From my standpoint it is a religion of cowards. They target the innocent, they hide in grave yards and holy places, they force their religious views on others by terror and force, they use children to do their fighting, they oppress women, they still engage in slave trade and they don’t have the guts to stand toe to toe with any military because they are cowards. If the roles were reversed and it were the Christians bombing innocent people, flying planes into Mecca or Istanbul, running slave trades, blowing up places of worship of other religions, oppressing women and using children to fight their battles, the outcry would be intolerable. It would be open season on anyone professing Christianity. Who are the real barbarians here? No doubt there can be a lot of finger pointing at “so called Christians”, but even the worst of “Christian “ hypocrites can’t be compared to the best of Islam zealots. “by their fruit you will know them…”