(August 14, 2016 at 5:07 pm)Irrational Wrote:(August 14, 2016 at 5:01 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Here's a great article that should eviscerate any notion that Islam was (or is) a "peaceful" religion:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests
I don't have enough knowledge to respond to such specifics, but that's irrelevant anyway. Muslims are generally going to look to their interpretation of what the Qur'an says, not necessarily to what Muhammad did in history past.
From the historian's perspective (and, I am not an historian, but am interested in history), the actions of Muhammad certainly reflect his interpretation of the Qur'an.