Submitted by Dan (United States), Jul 30, 2002 at 11:29
The true test of a "religion" is manifest when its adherents are in power. As with Roman Catholicism, history shows that whenever Islam is in power there is great bloodshed, violence, and and the enslavement of those who do not subscribe to it. That is the TRUE character of Islam. It is as wicked, deceitful, and perverse as its founder, Muhammed.
Islam is not simply a "religion;" it is a political movement that has the subjugation of the world as its goal. Islam is a movement that is spread through coercion and murder, not conviction and missionary endeavor.
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