Hi BIlly, > On Feb 19, 2015, at 2:03 PM, BILROJ via Centroids: The Center of the Radical > Centrist Community <[email protected]> wrote: > > ( 1 ) Many qualities we think of as "good Islam" are / were the result of the > fact > that Muslims were a minority in many countries that, today, are 90% Muslim. > Indeed, as recently as 1900, the Mid East was 20% Christian; it is now > 5% and falling -everywhere. The so-called Coptic 10% in Egypt, > according to most recent figures, is really more like 6% or 7 %. > > ( 2 ) Much or most of the "liberalization" that went on in Dar al-Islam > is the late 19th century, early 20th century was the direct result of the > colonial policies of Britain or France -to a lesser extent of the Dutch > and Iberian nations. > > ( 3 ) The more Muslim any nation became the more intolerant and bigoted > in got, hence demonstrating the effect of Koranic values once Muslim rulers > were freed of demographic / political constraints.
Could you clarify that in the case of Saladin? My impression is that he was a vicious military conqueror, but once he consolidated power he granted Christians and Jews full second-class citizenship. — Ernie P. > -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
