Were medieval muslims really tolerant when judged by modern standards?

MEDIEVAL MUSLIM LEVELS OF RELIGIOUS TOLERATION EXAGGERATED 5

CASES WHEN MEDIEVAL MUSLIMS PERSECUTED THE JEWS 6


MUSLIMS IMPOSE SPECIAL DISCRIMINATORY TAXES ON NON-MUSLIMS 7

TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANS SUFFERED UNDER ISLAMIC RULE ALSO  8

THE MYTH OF ISLAMIC “TOLERANCE” FOR RELIGIOUS MINORITIES 11

DID THE DHIMMIS IN CYPRUS LIVE PEACEABLY UNDER TURKISH RULE? 11

IS THERE ISLAMIC TOLERANCE IN AFGHANISTAN? 12

HOW FREE DO MODERATE MUSLIMS FEEL ABOUT SPEAKING OUT? 13

DO MUSLIMS CONDEMN THEIR EXTREMISTS’ ATROCITIES ENOUGH? 13

DOES MUSLIM TEACHING ON JIHAD ONLY GO BACK TO IBN TAYMIYA?  14

HOW MANY BATTLES DID MUHAMMAD HIMSELF PARTICIPATE IN? 22

DOES THE OLD TESTAMENT’S WARFARE EXCUSE JIHAD TODAY?  23

KHOMEINI CITES THE QURAN’S PRO-JIHAD STATEMENTS 24

DOES THE MUSLIM DOCTRINE OF JIHAD MAKE MUSLIM NATIONS LESS PEACEFUL? 26

IS MUSLIM AGGRESSION WRONG ALSO? 29

SHOULD MUSLIMS BE TOLD TO FORGET PAST MISTREATMENT BY CHRISTIANS? 29

HAVE THE MUSLIMS ALWAYS BEEN VICTIMS OF WESTERN AGGRESSION? 31

WESTERN IMPERALISM AS PAYBACK FOR EARLIER JIHADS BY TURKS AND ARABS 33

MUSLIM ARMIES ALSO COMMITTED ATROCITIES 35

IS SOMEBODY’S IMPERIALISM OR CONQUEST MORALLY SUPERIOR TO SOMEONE ELSE’S? 37

IS THERE A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON (REVERSING THE RESULTS OF) IMPERIALISM? 40

WERE THE WESTERN IMPERIALISTS REALLY LESS IGNORANT THAN THE MEDIEVAL MUSLIM JIHADISTS? 41

HOW AN IMPERIALIST POWER CAN DESTROY FUTURE CRITICISMS OF ITS ACTIONS! 43

DOES IGNORANCE EXCUSE BOTH WESTERN AND ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONS? 44

THE WEST DISCOVERS SOLUTIONS TO ITS COLLECTIVE SINS 45

ARGUMENTS THAT WHITEWASH ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION’S SINS ALSO WOULD EXCUSE THE WEST’S 47

WHEN A RELIGION’S ADHERENTS ACT OUT OF NON-RELIGIOUS ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL MOTIVES, IS THEIR FAITH GUILTLESS THEN? 50

WHY A “CULTURAL” EXPLANATION DOESN’T EXCUSE ISLAM AS A RELIGION FOR OPPRESSING WOMEN 52

WHY ARE MISTREATED MUSLIMS MORE VIOLENT ON AVERAGE THAN OTHER MISTREATED PEOPLE? 61

WHY DOES PALESTINE PRODUCE MORE TERRORISM THAN TIBET? 64

IDEOLOGY, NOT SOCIOLOGICAL VARIABLES, EXPLAIN WHY MUSLIMS TURN TO TERRORISM MORE OFTEN THAN OTHER MISTREATED PEOPLE 66

WHY DOESN’T WESTERN MEDIA DECADENCE CAUSE CHRISTIAN TERRORISM? 68

DO POVERTY, OPPRESSION, UNEQUAL INCOMES, ETC., EXPLAIN WHY WESTERN MUSLIMS TURN VIOLENT? 69

THE GREATER IDEOLOGICAL SOURCES FOR MUSLIM TERRORISM 71

THE IDEOLOGICAL REASONS WHY AMERICAN TROOPS STATIONED IN SAUDI ARABIA SO PROVOKE MUSLIMS 78

INCONSISTENCIES IN PRACTICE DIFFER FROM STRICTLY FOLLOWING IDEOLOGY 80

THE INTRINSIC TENDENCY OF SECULAR MUSLIM GOVERNMENTS TO BECOME LESS TOLERANT OVER TIME AS THEY BECOME MORE ISLAMIC 81

SAMUEL HUNTINGTON ON THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS: THE WEST VERSUS ISLAM 82

ARE ISLAMIC SOCIETIES MORE APT TO GO TO WAR?  83

 STATISTICAL, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR ISLAM’S “BLOODY BORDERS” 84

WHAT IS AMERICA HATED FOR? HER VIRTUES OR HER FLAWS? 87

DOES SWIFT AND SURE RETALIATION DETER TERRORISM? 90

RELIGIOUS IDENTITY MORE IMPORTANT FOR MUSLIMS THAN NATIONAL ONE 91

HOW MUCH TERRORISM DOES LATIN AMERICA EXPORT TO AMERICA?  92

AMERICA IS CONDEMNED FOR BOTH SUPPORTING AND OVERTHROWING MUSLIM DICTATORSHIPS 94

WHAT IS THE CORRECT DEFINITION OF “TERRORISM”? 96

HOW MUSLIM THREATS VERSUS LIBERALS PAY OFF  97

HOW LETTING THE PALESTINIAN ARABS RESETTLE AMONG ARABS WOULD HAVE MOSTLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM 103

HOW A LACK OF FORGIVENESS HOLDS BACK MUSLIMS, PALESTINIANS  108

DID THE JEWS INTENTIONALLY ETHNICALLY CLEANSE THE ARABS? 108

DOES CURSING ISRAEL TODAY CAUSE ARAB MUSLIMS TO BE CURSED?  110

MARK TWAIN’S DESCRIPTION OF A DESOLATE HOLY LAND IN 1867 111

THE PROBLEM WITH THE NATIVE-ILL-USE-OF-LAND ARGUMENT 112

DO THE OPPRESSED SIN BY REBELLING AGAINST THEIR OPPRESSORS? 113

DOES GOD USE PEOPLE WHO SIN TO ACCOMPLISH HIS OVERALL WILL? 115

TO FULFILL PROPHECY, SOME ARABS HAD TO BE DISPLACED BY JEWS 116

THE ARGUMENT FROM AUTHORITY USED AGAINST OPPONENTS OF ISLAM 119

AD HOMINEM ARGUMENTS THAT INSULT OPPONENTS ARE ALSO UNSOUND 123

HOW HISTORICALLY ACCURATE IS WHY I AM NOT A MUSLIM? 124

HOW RELIABLE IS THE TESTIMONY OF MUSLIM FOREIGN STUDENTS? 125

IS CONDEMNING ISLAM EVER “RACIST”? 129

IS SELECTIVE RACIAL PROFILING OF MUSLIM ARAB AMERICANS WRONG? 130

BRITISH PUBLIC OPINION POLLS DOCUMENT MUSLIM RADICALISM 131

SHOULD HUMAN GOVERNMENTS GIVE PEOPLE THE FREEDOM TO VIOLATE GOD’S LAW? 144

GOD’S POSSIBLE INTERVENTION IN ANY NUMBER OF POSSIBLE TURNING POINTS IN OTHER CIVILIZATIONS 145

COULD HAVE THE MONGOLS SO EASILY CONQUERED THE WEST? 146

SO CAN A DOUBLE STANDARD BE DEFENDED AFTER ALL? 159

MORALLY JUDGING BY USING THE SAME YARDSTICK 162