ISIL peaked at 30,000 fighters and held parts of Iraq and Syria for less than three years; they have no significant territory at present so the whole “entire countries” thing is way off.
If you are looking for analogous behavior the first Crusade lasted for about 4 years, involved 30,000-50,000 troops and was perpetrated by Christians against Islam. That was just the first one.
Now, I don’t think either event was a good idea and I think humans could have gotten along just fine without either occurring. To say ISIL is unprecedented and that behavior limited to Islam is naive, however.
And just to double down, even if the guest was right it was a weak ass troll. There’s a lot of material about cats and ancient Egypt and the Middle East that could have been worked with.
I never claimed isis themselves owned any countries, I simply pointed out the actions of countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The crusades were thousands of years ago, though I believe they’re falsely portrayed today, I don’t condone the actions, these counties act like this in present day. Name one radical Christian group today that is not vilified by the rest of the world? It doesn’t happen. But countries in the Middle East today apply these horrendous methods of downright torture and face little backlash from the populous. Am I denying religious extremism from other religions? Not at all and anyone who would is a fool. I’m stating that it is the reaction of the majority to said extremism that matters
The crusades weren’t even one thousand years ago. So I want you to put yourself into the mindset of a Middle Eastern resident and answer me this question. What non-Islamic group, with the aid of First World nations forcefully annexed territory less than 70 years ago and displaced hundreds of thousands of Muslims because they claim that it was their land over 2500 years ago? Hint: they still live there today.
You do realize Islamic extremists kill more Muslims than any other group right? To say they're hailed as heroes in the middle east is the most retarded claim you could make. How do you think they got the territories they once had? they sure as hell didn't get voted by the people. and 2/3 governments supporting them does not make it the majority of Muslims.
If you are looking for analogous behavior the first Crusade lasted for about 4 years, involved 30,000-50,000 troops and was perpetrated by Christians against Islam. That was just the first one.
Now, I don’t think either event was a good idea and I think humans could have gotten along just fine without either occurring. To say ISIL is unprecedented and that behavior limited to Islam is naive, however.