[Cronos]

Well, while I agree that the sword of Islamdid a lot of damage (as evidenced by my tag line), they didn't carry out mass genocides -- they never had the strength to do so, they just subsumed the culture. Pockets of the original culture still hung on - witness the Copts and the assyrian Christians.

The American Indian heritage claimed is land, not artifacts. The artifacts can be moved to the country of origin, handed over to the descendents. Land is a more difficult proposition to which there is no easy answer, if there is one at all

[nopardons]

American Indians ARE claiming things which aren't theirs and styming anthropological research to boot. Then, there are the tribes demanding ( and often getting ) old Indian artifacts, from museums and burying them/sticking them away, where no one can study them or even appreciate them. It's a dog in the manger attitude and does no one any good at all.

The " sword of Islam " did, indeed, carry on genocide. Again, facts and history matter; learn some...please.