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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
...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...
...possible that Benedict has misconstrued what Manuel meant about Islam's being spread by the sword. The ancient emperor may have been alluding not to sword's-edge conversion, but merely (if "merely" is the right word) to Islam's early intent to conquer the world, whose inhabitants would eventually come around to the true faith of their own accord. In that case, it?s probably accurate. That was the plan in the first generations after Mohammed, and that may be enough to scare anyone who thinks that it has been sustained since then...