Forced Conversions to Islam (in Kerala)

[Sadiyah]

Re: Forced Conversions to Islam (in Kerala)

@NameInUse

It is not incumbent upon the non-Muslim to convert, but then you have to pay extortion. If you pay the extortion, then you are "protected", not from theives but from the government. Sort of like the way the mafia "protects" businesses that pay extortion, of course the protection if from the mafia. Pray tell, what happens if the person cannot pay the extortion?

Err... yes, they were protected from theives and not just the government. I'm sure they don't get killed on spot because they don't have the money to pay. Since you're so sure that they met bad treatment, please provide some evidence for it.

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How are they treated? Are they being asked to pay "protection"? Are they being forced to convert or die? Where are they being stripped of their property? If anything, Israel has shown a propensity to giving up land it conquered in war. Mind you, the Islamic Caliph also conqured and forced his laws upon the conquered...so why the double standards?
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How are they treated? They are bombed, killed, raped, and sodomized everyday! I guess it is all justified because Muslims happen to be the victims. Under the Islamic caliphate things weren't even half as bad as they are now. I don't see how snatching the land from Palestinians after WWII, limiting them to a certain piece of land that gets bombarded all the time anyway, and by holding back the funds to run their country is any indication of goodness from their neighbours.

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So Muslims want to live under a "Islamic" government because it is easier for them. Who cares what the the kaffirs want, even if they out number the Muslims. Also, who cares if the Muslim laws are foreign to the natives..they can either convert, pay extortion, or die.

I live in the US. India has a Sikh ruler. I don't get your point!
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I was referring to the so-called Muslim countries having an Islamic government when I mentioned how Muslims would prefer to live under Islamic rule than in other nations.

Don't forget what your own people have done to Muslims isn't exactly very nice and peaceful either. Remember the Gujrat massacre? Remember how the railway eventually fessed up that it was a technical fault and not a doing of Muslims?

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Corrupt? The hardline view is that they were apostates. They allowed the kaffirs too much latitude.
I am not a scholar on Islam and I don't claim to be. I am not bashing Islam. I am expressing views on conquest and forced conversion.
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If you aren't a scholar on Islam then you might want to be careful. Yes, express your views all you want, but make sure it's based on facts rather than the ignorance of Muslims.

I'd like to leave it at that, as I'm on a tight schedule.