Why is there so much hostility between the Islamic world and the West, specifically America? According to comedian Dave Smith, it’s because the US is a murderous nation that kills Muslim children.

Recently, Dave Smith sarcastically tweeted:

“Islam is such a violent religion. Every time we murder a bunch of their children, they try to kill some of us. Disgusting.”

Those who know history will immediately see that Smith is ignorant of Islamic doctrine and history. The reality is that Islam has been hostile to the West from the very beginning; no killing Muslims needed.

To begin with, perhaps Smith should study some of Islam’s key sources. The Quran commands Muslims to:

“Fight those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, nor comply with what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, nor embrace the religion of truth from among those who were given the Scripture, until they pay the tax, willingly submitting, fully humbled.” (9:29)

Other Quran verses tell Muslims not to befriend Christians and Jews (5:51) and call unbelievers the worst of all creatures (98:6). With such verses in Islam’s holy book hostility between the Islamic world and West was bound to occur.

While not all Muslims are terrorists, there are plenty willing to enact these violent commands; a dangerous fact that has played out through history.

After Muhammad’s death in 632, Abu Bakr became caliph (leader of the Muslim community) and led wars against other Muslims who refused to pay the saqada (charity money), and through bloodshed unified Arabia (p. 106, Kindle). The second caliph, Umar, then began Islam’s mass expansion through conquest, which resulted........

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