>try to read the Quran
>get angry at the preface written by some western revisionist (probably one of these weird non-white muslim people in the west who try to syncretize a radically traditionalist religion with an incompatible modern neo-liberal ideology, out of a weird racial/ethnic loyalty they perceive is attached to Islam, when juxtaposed to white non-Muslim groups)
>paints Islamic expansionism as 100% self defense situation
>Sassanid Persia you're an alpha male, I defer to you *BLAM BLAM BLAM*
>Visigothic Spain, if I encountered you and I felt my life was endangered I'd *BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM*
>Arab Pagans were all just evil monsters who couldn't help themselves oppress Muslim dindu nuffins
>unironically 'Look how tolerant we are to other religions! You can pay the Jizya in Islamic countries! We want to marry your women as interfaith dialogue!'
>close book
I want to read it bros, but Jesus Christ (pbuh). Historically did Muslims honestly believe all of their violent imperialism was in response to aggression? The Romans did interlope in Arabia a fair bit, that is true. Everything else, just no. I'm gonna guess they dismiss it with "Humans are flawed, don't blame it on religion" while ignoring the state that was carved out from imperalized nations was the Caliphate - an Islamic, theocratic society.
>get angry at the preface written by some western revisionist (probably one of these weird non-white muslim people in the west who try to syncretize a radically traditionalist religion with an incompatible modern neo-liberal ideology, out of a weird racial/ethnic loyalty they perceive is attached to Islam, when juxtaposed to white non-Muslim groups)
>paints Islamic expansionism as 100% self defense situation
>Sassanid Persia you're an alpha male, I defer to you *BLAM BLAM BLAM*
>Visigothic Spain, if I encountered you and I felt my life was endangered I'd *BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM*
>Arab Pagans were all just evil monsters who couldn't help themselves oppress Muslim dindu nuffins
>unironically 'Look how tolerant we are to other religions! You can pay the Jizya in Islamic countries! We want to marry your women as interfaith dialogue!'
>close book
I want to read it bros, but Jesus Christ (pbuh). Historically did Muslims honestly believe all of their violent imperialism was in response to aggression? The Romans did interlope in Arabia a fair bit, that is true. Everything else, just no. I'm gonna guess they dismiss it with "Humans are flawed, don't blame it on religion" while ignoring the state that was carved out from imperalized nations was the Caliphate - an Islamic, theocratic society.