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To: 2banana
In the history of mankind, more people have been killed din the name of God than for any other reason....

However, suggest that you rephrase your questions another way. The issue is not the lack of intolerance in Islam..rather, it is curious that no predominanly Islam countries are truly democratic......thewrefore, ask if Islam, as a religion, is innately hostile to democracy. It is....

3 posted on 10/08/2001 6:35:38 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: ken5050
In the history of mankind, more people have been killed din the name of God than for any other reason....

You couldn't be more wrong. More people have been killed in the name of the dictatorship of the proletariat than for any other reason.

All the wars in world history before 1900 didn't number as many casualties as the wars of the 20th century. And the vast majority of war victims in the 20th century died at the hands of soldiers fighting for areligious ideologies like Nazism and Communism. The largest religious conflict in history - the Crusades - claimed 250,000 lives in 172 years of warfare. The battle of Stalingrad claimed 1,000,000 lives in six months.

6 posted on 10/08/2001 6:44:19 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: ken5050
it is curious that no predominanly Islam countries are truly democratic

Yes, one. Turkey. A member of NATO.

19 posted on 10/08/2001 9:29:11 AM PDT by A Ruckus of Dogs
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