Religion and Piracy - The Barbary Coast?
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Wow, interesting question.\n\nA quick search brings this up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_pirates\n\nI'll have to do some research and come back to this one, as you've really got several parts to it.
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The "spread by the sword" argument is out of date and is a quick answer with no real depth. Furthermore, it doesn't answer the question. If you're looking for contemporary views of Christianity in Turkey and want 'first hand' accounts I suggest doing a simple search for forums based in Turkey that talk about religion. Take these with a grain of salt however, because they are obviously not accurately representative of the population as a whole. Another method you can take is to browse current newspapers in Turkey that are available online and search for headings that relate to Christianity or Christian events. That's a starting point, but if you're looking for in depth research you may want to look beyond this. Hope your homework goes well!
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Islam followed by Christinaity.
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which muslim empire are you talking about?
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Sounds great! If god is on Islams side how come there getting their heads kicked in by the allies?
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Possibly but mostly by people of other religions.
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In international waters they are Pirates.
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The consumtion of alcohol is prohibited in most Muslims belief's.  When in Rome do as the Romans do.  We are guests in their country, even if we did not ask them if they wanted us there.  We should not do anything that goes against that.
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Islam and Christianity both have a history of using religion to justify violence, ethnic cleansing, and war.  I would find it hard to claim one is more bloody than the other.\n\nOf course, Islamic extremists would justify the perception that jihad - "holy war" makes Islam the religion with the most "soldiers of god" today.\n\nBut looking back in history, Christianity was used to justify the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, and colonization and ethnic cleansing of Native Americans.\n\nBoth religions are just as bloody.  And I would probably say that Christianity has been used to justify the deaths of more people than Islam.  Terrorists pluck off a few at a time, maybe a thousand in a big attack.  Wars fought by Christians killed many, many more.
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I'd like to think of myself as a pirate..all that swashbuckling,ahah me matey stuff sounds pretty good to me,not to mention the smuggling!
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Islam is the religion of Peace
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Slavery still exists, all over the world.  Those who say otherwise are niave, and ill-informed.  Just because it has been outlawed doesn't mean that it itsn't there.  Speeding is outlawed, piracy is outlawed, it exists.  There are countries in Africa where slavery runs rampant. Consider that.
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I will give this a shot, so to speak.\nI am going to give this, but if you want all the scripture references, then it will be very lengthy.  But I can put them here.  \nAbraham had two children Ishmael, through a slave woman, and Isaac through his wife.  The Christian linage follows the seed of Isaac.  Ishmael (father of all arabs) was thrown out of the family.  Anyway the linage of God and his people Israel follow Isaac, Jacob, 12 tribes of Israel (Jacob, God changed his name)  Anyway that is where it all started.  \nIslam came about with the prophet Muhammad around 1400 when he wrote the Koran.  And it has developed from there.\nThe people of God, the Jews are the source of the Bible and Jesus was born the Messiah and as you know died for our sins.  Jesus said a lot of very definite things about himself that left no room for any other way to get to God.  Muhammad recognises Jesus as a prophet, but says that the Bible is totally wrong, but does not have any writings of Jesus.  This leaves Jesus as a sort of silent Prophet for them.  They concentrate on Muhammad and sort of ignore Jesus and any writings of his.  The teaching of Muhammad and Jesus are directly opposite even as their lives were.  Jesus never married and was finally killed for our sins.  Muhammad had a number of wives and one was a 6 year old girl that he consummated at the age of 9.  Anyway Christianity and Islam are at opposite ends completely.\nThere are copies of the Koran on the net and you can read them, they say some pretty gruesome things.  The Muslim community is trying to white wash the Koran, but unless they decide to re-write it they can not deny what it says.  The peaceful ones ignore the violent passages and quote the non violent passages.  The violent ones quote the violent passages to justify killing everyone.  And the passages are in there.  The Christian is bound by love your enemy and do good to them that hate you.  Directly opposite.  I can give the scriptures but it will be much longer.
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No.  First off, it is no Islam that is the threat but the radicals.  Christian religion has the same issues.
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Money, greed, and religion.
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aaah, I can tell you one thing, the religion is Islam.\nCheck out these links.
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One can not stop the voyage of Islam . It like a flare. People are coming to Islam spontaneously. He knows where he is going. Can some one show example that muslim are people converting to Christianity, Buddha or Hindu  without any pressure?\nAll nonmuslime aware about the end of the voyage. For their own existence they are trying to stop. All are united except we ourselves Muslims. \nCNN = Continuous Tuning of Nonsense\nBBC = Bush-Blare Corporation\nFOX = Fox