Comment by dismalaf
4 hours ago
No, it's because your education is western-centric and Islamic invasions took over the east. Eastern Christians have been subjected to genocide at the hands of Muslims for 1300 years.
Edit - really, someone is asking for a citation that the Islamic conquests happened? Next should ask for a citation that the sky is blue...
This is basic world history, like the discovery of the new world, Alexander the Great's conquests or the Roman empire...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests
And yes, it happened over 1300 years ago, the first decisive battle was the Battle of Yarmuk, year 636 CE.
the linked article describes military campaigns between state armies, not genocide
Armies famously never kill anyone right?
How can “genocide” apply to a voluntary religious group? And even if it could, the linked wikipedia article doesn’t seem to support your claim, either. Do you have anything else we could review?
Genocide, as defined by the UN, includes religious groups.
https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/definition
I didn’t know that, thank you! Now to find if the original claim holds up, and not just the semantics.
Citation needed. Since year 1300 or for 1300 years? The former is closer to the truth than the latter, AFAIK.
Not a lot different from what the Christians did to non believers in the West, really.
Or the soviets did to believers, for that matter
while tribal hunters simply killed for access to the best hunting grounds? Mongols killed why? IMO you can reconstruct this line of thought easily -- humans killed other humans brutally and without fail; some humans interpreted the world in divine terms and guarded fertility; Religion combines many strands with intention, while the killing for other reasons does not cease.
Don't forget the crusades.