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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
so anyone who draws a cartoon making fun of jesus or the pope or whatever is an extremist? or this only applies to the poor sensitive muslim babies? if they can't handle being insulted, they are not ready to be a part of the "free" world.
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We have to stop judging Muslims like we judge todays Christians. They are not like us, we are not like them. But we were.
200 years ago you could be burnt at a stake for far less, in fact worshipping the same God and Jesus in a different way would get you burnt. Neither side are free from guilt, Protestants as well burned heretics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition
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the Medieval Inquisition (1184?16th century), including
the Episcopal Inquisition (1184?1230s)
the Papal Inquisition (1230s) and following Christian inquisitions
the Spanish Inquisition (1478?1834)
the Portuguese Inquisition (1536?1821)
the Roman Inquisition (1542 ? c. 1860)
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From the article, he lost me when he said this.
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In less than two years, we have seen largely peaceful protests bring more change to Muslim-majority countries than a decade of violence.
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Where was he referring to? Because I never saw a peaceful protest. I saw people killing each other.