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Islam has a long history of non-violence among believers, for example. As I recall, that is what was being shouted in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria and Suez - violence is non-Islamic.
Islam has a long history of non-violence among believers
Are you serious? I would rather say that Islam, like Christianity, has a long history of violence among believers. "People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them." - Jean Monnet
Against non-believers, it's a different story.
Can we laugh hysterically now?
- Jake Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.
One of the central rules of Christianity is non-violence against anybody, believer or not (remember "turn the other cheek"?). That didn't prevent them to kill numerous Christians as well as non-Christians...
As for Islam, it started with the assassination of caliph Uthman in 656, shortly followed by the Battle of Bassorah, the Battle of Siffin and the Battle of Nahrawan, where tens of thousands of Muslims were killed by other Muslims...
Do you want me to list all the killings of believers by believers? "People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them." - Jean Monnet
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