You know your stuff, mushroom. - - - Updated - - - That's not true at all .. Forced conversion is forbidden. In the Koran Muhammed makes it clear that you can know another man's heart.
Thank you Margot. Of course, I actually take the time to do research, as well as remembering very well the fighting in and around Lebanon in the 1980's. The ignorant ones love to throw around generalities in a way that fits their own narrow little mindset, and tend to get angry at anybody that does not agree with it. Beirut was once known as the "Paris of the East", and for good reason. It was a very cosmopolitan nation, where jetsetters flocked and the nightclubs never closed. But what changed was invasion then descent into civil war. And it was not Muslims against Christians, or Druze, or any other groups. It was Muslims against Muslims. And that is still the case to this day. And ISIS is a great example of that. It is a very radical Sunni branch, and has no tolerance for any groups that do not embrace their beliefs. Even those who believe in Sunni Islam! Take the Kurds, who generally follow the Shafi'i branch of Sunni Islam. In short, this accepts that (religious) laws may be adapted to better govern the populace more effectively. ISIS on the other hand is Wahhabi Sunni, which is an extreme ultra-orthodox faith. Think of the English Civil War, where you had the more progressive Protestant King Charles I squaring off against the Puritan Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of England (and his wart). Yes, both sides were both Christian and Protestant. But one was more cosmopolitan, and the other radical. One of the key ignition forces was the refusal of King Charles refusing to get involved in the Thirty Years War and send his soldiers to help the Protestants in their decades long fight against the Catholics. And I think that is how eventually things will play out. Yes, Oliver Cromwell won the war, and while King Charles started his reign at 5'6", he ended it at 4'8". But who is in charge of England now? The Republic-Protectorate lasted barely 11 years and the Monarchy returned.
