I see your point...but would rather these people live than die.
I don't think the Muslims have yet recovered from the annihilation that the Mongol Horde laid upon them.
I viewed on the History Channel that the Mongols worked in tandem with Muslims during the 1300s to force the spread the Black Plague to Europe. The Black Plague started in
Asia and the Middle East, and they catapulted dead bodies of Black Plague victims into a fortress that was being defended.
The Soldiers returned to Messina with soldiers who had been infected with the black plague.
It is considered the world's first occurence of biological warfare.