A divine deterrent: Populations with a strong belief in Hell have lower crime-rates, according to study Today’s Mail Online by Eddie Wrenn Published: 20 June 2012 Religions are thought to serve as a deterrent against unethical behaviors. However, when it comes to predicting criminal behavior, the specific religious […]
“Judaism probably welcomed the conquest of Spain by the Muslims in 711. With the Muslim conquest began a Golden Age of freedom and tolerance for Jews. They freely entered the fields of government, science, medicine, and literature.” Lewis Hopfe, ‘Religions of the World’, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998. “Muslims entered […]
The external enemy had been repulsed. Muhammad now turned his attention to the Banu Quraiza, who had openly conspired with the allied forces to kill him and destroy the Muslim community. Their fort was besieged. The siege lasted for 25 days, with fighting limited to throwing stones and […]
“The culmination of the Crusades was the defeat of the Islamic dynasties that had ruled over the Iberian Peninsula for 700 years. Muslim rule had created tolerant, culturally mixed, vibrant cities, the most famous being Cordoba, Seville, and Granada. Jews had thrived in the new climate of cultural […]
Islamophobes (in particular extremist Christian evangelicals) are continuously nagging on about how Muslims aren’t doing enough combating extremism in the Muslim world. The fact is that there are a countless number of fatwas issued against extremism, Islamic conferences condemning extremism, Muslims cooperating with western countries in thwarting terror […]
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