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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    I made no reference to political parties. Pro-slavery Americans fought to preserve and perpetuate slavery, but anti-slavery Americans...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    That sounds like an Islamophobe's version of Islam.
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    Those who refuse to remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Knowledge is good.
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    You may be unaware that the racist practitioners and proponents of slavery in the United States who fought to perpetuate it and sought...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    https://www.slavefreeseas.org/the-role-of-the-royal-navy-in-suppressing-the-slave-trade/ Before the abolition of the slave trade in...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    It may come as a surprise to you that there are many books. Did you have any specific ones in mind? Remember this: Rene Nicole Good...
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    schmidlap reacted to DigitalDrifter's post in the thread Can Islam Be Civilized? with Thanks Thanks.
    Don't know how open it is, but TODAY there are approximately 7 million slaves in Africa. Africa Slavery in Africa today: a crisis...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    "...The AU should launch an independent commission on modern slavery, establish clear enforcement mechanisms, and support civil society...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    France had ended slavery in 1315. Some of the United States were finally forced to end it in 1865. Today, Afghanistan is the only...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    You can discriminate against any religion you need to, but there are currently no provisions criminalizing slavery or the slave trade...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    Some Christians opposed slavery and others practiced it.
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    Many religionists routinely violate their religion's moral principles.
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    I never claimed that it did. The Bible does not explicitly condemn slavery as an institution, nor does it call for its abolition. Many...
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    You mean that you'll parrot whatever the cult tells you to.
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Trump goes to China.
    US weapons burn rate in Iran undermines plans to defend Taiwan Trump has depleted U.S. military resources in his "little excursion" to...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    Judaism, Islam and Christianity all unequivocally condemn slavery today, despite the Torah, the Koran and the Bible having sanctioned...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    I advocate religious tolerance - as espoused by every major religion - for all who hate any religion. If you practice religious...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    I am friends with Christians as well as Muslims, and familiar with passages in the Koran as well as the Bible with which I disagree, but...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    Your paranoia is noted. It sounds like irrational religious bigotry when you proclaim that two billion people are targeting you.
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    I have only seen your view of Democrats' view of things. I am unable to document the Democratic Party ever expressing your view.
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    I don't endorse any particular religion. I oppose intolerance - that some express regardless of their religion's principles.
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    Your judging over two billion people is not sanctioned by any religion that I know of.
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    Should however you may perceive others determine whether you abandon your religion's teaching of tolerance?
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    I am recommending religious tolerance - as espoused by every major religion - to all who hate any religion.
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    Rather than indulge in idle speculation, I'd pefer to ask cogent questions. After all the boasts of the decimation of Iran's military...
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    schmidlap replied to the thread Can Islam Be Civilized?.
    Religious intolerance is anathema to all religions, yet is endemic among the most fanatical religionists. Tolerance is about...
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    If you can't handle the empirical data that causes an increasing majority of Americans to disapprove of Trump, ignore his failures and...
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    The Trump cult does not respect that the United States is a niaon of laws. The answer to a higher authoritarian.
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    Your fear of the will of the People being respected is noted. One hopes that there will be no goons attacking police in November in an...
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