Muslim Jihadists beheaded Kim Sun-Il today. Must be our fault. Islamic law is sensitive on the subject of conversion - you may recall that Islam converted its neighbors at the point of a sword with the choice, convert or die. Interesting that Islamic law provides the death penalty by beheading for any Muslim who converts to another faith. Freedom of religion at work? That same law provides for the death penalty for anyone who attempts to convert a Muslim to another faith.
As to the history - The ease with which the French swept aside the Marmalukes stunned the Islamic world which reacted with a fundamentalist, anti-Western, anti-modernist movement which was the forebearer of Wahabism and the Muslim Brotherhood.
The "Zionists," didn't convince anyone to dismantle the Ottoman Empire. You may recall the Ottoman Empire was on the losing side of World War I. France, England and Russia didn't need anyone to convince them to dismantle the senescent and backward Ottoman Empire.
Beheading is not a way of life.
Last edited by 2x6spds; 06/22/04 10:55 PM.
