Word: islam
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...Never let anyone tell you that there is no unity in Christianity. Especially regarding its mistrust of its chief rival faith, Islam...
...Forced Argument on Forced Conversions Viewpoint: Kidnapped journalists converting at gunpoint. The Pope quoting a 14th century Byzantine emperor. The sudden focus on forced conversions to Islam reflects a fundamental misreading of that religion's history
...First Casualty of the Pope's Islam Speech Leaders across the Muslim world are furious over Benedict's provocative comments, and now his first trip to a Muslim country, soon planned for Turkey, may be in jeopardy as a resultn
...Benedict and Islam Written by TIME blogger Andrew Sullivan
...started asking me a couple of weeks ago ?when the mainstream press? was going to ?look into? the gunpoint conversions of (subsequently released) Fox News journalists Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig . The implication seemed to be that we were willfully ignoring a contemporary proof of the old accusation that Islam is a faith spread at the edge of a sword, despite the Koran verse, ?Let there be no compulsion of religion.? The forced-conversion theme was enthusiastically taken up by conservative blogs. Then it ebbed somewhat, for reasons that will become evident...