You didn't answer the question of historicity, IANAHB.
If you go back through history, you can find Christian regimes as thoroughly despicable. Carl Sagan estimated that at least 750,000 women were killed in Europe during the witch-hunts running from 1500 - 1750 CE. They were easily as energetic in the external projection of their religious energy, if not more so, than modern Muslims.
None of this, obviously, is meant to justify Muslim atrocities, but simply to point out that blind faith of any stripe has inherent dangers that can and do result in mass horror.
If you go back through history, you can find Christian regimes as thoroughly despicable. Carl Sagan estimated that at least 750,000 women were killed in Europe during the witch-hunts running from 1500 - 1750 CE. They were easily as energetic in the external projection of their religious energy, if not more so, than modern Muslims.
None of this, obviously, is meant to justify Muslim atrocities, but simply to point out that blind faith of any stripe has inherent dangers that can and do result in mass horror.
