Coercion Quote by Pervez Musharraf

“Islam had, from its earliest days, embraced warfare. Muhammad himself prosecuted a series of military campaigns while subjugating Mecca, and the explosive expansion of…

— Thomas Asbridge

Islam has always been a force that dispels tyrants and tyranny, opression and exploitaion. Islam has always been a force that militates for justice.

— Louis Farrakhan

Islam, the third in historical sequence of the ethical monotheistic religions of the Near East, was very successful in establishing its monotheism, but had…

— Carroll Quigley

I believe Islam was truly spread by example. So whatever good a Muslim does publicly will be seen - the same is true for…

— Cat Stevens

“As Islamic liberalism waned, and resistance arose against the West and its influence, that very resistance started to replace genuine religiosity as the basis…

— Mustafa Akyol

“One of the secrets of the Muslim army's power was its relatively liberal attitude toward the religions of the defeated people-provided they were monoththeists,…

— Shlomo Sand

Islam is not a religion, but an imperialist ideology like communism or fascism.

— Geert Wilders

“According to the Koran and the Hadith, aggressive warfare for the purpose of imposing Islam on the world is the ultimate religious obligation of…

— Brigitte Gabriel

Traditional Islam is a mixture of all obedience to Allah, and if that requires militancy, so be it.

— Deepak Chopra

Muhammad established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives.

— Blaise Pascal

Throughout its history, Islam has borrowed and adapted from other civilizations, both ancient and modern.

— Shereen El Feki

Of course slavery and the Muslims were deeply implicated in the slave trade, Islam was an Imperialist religion which destroyed Christianity in the Near…

— Ibn Warraq