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Subject: Re: Net and Terrorism.
From: [email protected] (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 96 14:03:50 EDT
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[email protected] (Timothy C. May) writes:
> Islam, notably, was known for this policy of conversion by the sword:
> entire national populations were given the choice of converting to Islam or
> being put to the sword. Most converted, naturally enough.

No, the population was given the choice of converting or becoming slaves.
(Slaves who opted to convert later didn't become free.) There were very
few examples of mass genocide during the moslem conquests, and generally
they avoided killing anyone who could be sold into slavery.

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<a href="mailto:[email protected]">Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM</a>
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