If Islam is a religion of peace why did it expand through military conquests?

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I don't think they did what they did because their atheism drove them to do it, though.

It factored in a little bit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_p...st_Romania

You could say Communism was the fruit of 19th century atheism/materialism philosophical thinking. If there is no God and there no heaven and man is only answerable to man then why not attempt to create a heaven on Earth? The end result was more of a hell though.

Totalitarianism always becomes a religion. In Triumph of the Will (which I have watched BTW) Hitler says that national socialism must become a religious movement. He also says the the Nazi party's orders come directly from god. Stalinism is the same thing. Stalinism is a religious movement, not an atheist movement.

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Also Ceaușescu used the church to promote himself & forged a working relationship with the church. He was a de facto theocratic leader.