History Repeats Itself
Reader comment on item: Analysis: Does the Islamic State Really Have 'Nothing to Do with Islam'?

Submitted by Richard Falk, Dec 6, 2014 03:03

It should be noted that the Old Testament has stories of revenge, violence, war, etc. The following just lists murders of all sorts:

http://www.evilbible.com/Murder.htm

Christianity had the Crusades (roughly 1100-1300) and the Spanish (and Roman and Portuguese) Inquisition (roughly 1230-1330), etc. This wasn't just some off-shoot either, but at least in part from the mainstream of the religion (Roman Catholic Church).

So Christ died in 30-33 and Muhammad in 632. Looks like coincidentally Islam is working through its violent phase as Christianity did 700-900 years earlier. This in no way justifies the violence, but perhaps you could look at how Christianity became more peaceful and acknowledged their past. Oh that's right, it took 700 years for such acknowledgement from the top:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/mar/13/catholicism.religion

Let's hope that Islam grows up faster than Christianity.

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