Quote: (04-30-2018 09:40 AM)Sherman Wrote:
The anti Muslim hysteria is fairly recent.
That is because only recently we have had wide available Quran translations and have understood what exactly this religion teaches and that this religion actually hates us.
There was a romantic view about Islam. Christians loved fairy tales about Arabian Nights, Sindbad's journeys, Aladdin, Ali baba and 40 robbers. They thought Islam is colorful and exotic culture of warrior-gentlemen where exotic beauties dance belly dances and satisfy your wildest dreams. Maybe this was partially so when Islam was fat and secular, but at it's core it's not like that at all.
In medieval times, when literacy was low on both sides and language barrier was a big issue - we knew little about what Islam actually teaches. The taqia worked splendidly. In Muslim countries where literacy is still low and propaganda is high - they still have no clue what exactly Christianity teaches. Even in west most people still don't know what exactly Islam teaches. It should be thought in schools however so every child would know it is a religion of hate.