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Originally Posted by glb
thanks, that was interesting. I heard a lecture by Sam Harris, who says he's studied every religion, during which he stated that Islam is the only (IIRC, I don't think he said "most") violent religion; one that tells its followers to try to convert others and, if they can't be converted, to kill them.
I don't know if this is true, but Harris' other points (in areas I know more about) were correct.
again, thanks.
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nah - the tribes historically have Islam beat as a documented religion to go kill in the one true Gods name.
i can't think of any where Islam states "if you can't convert them, kill them" at least not in wholelistic sense (but i am not an islamic literature expert by any means) - certainly there may be some isolated text that reads that way though. but again, the tribes had that kinda text first. and the tricky thing - frequently text is a particular conversation to particular people in a particular time and place, and is not to be construed as doctrine in study - but thats a gray area in (especialy biblical) religous belief systems.