February 6, 2020 Islam's Hidden Role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade By Raymond Ibrahim From its inception, Islam's history with the West has been one of unwavering antagonism and seismic clashes , often initiated by the former. By the standards of history, nothing between the two civilizations is as well documented as this long war . Accordingly, for more than a millennium, both educated and not so educated Europeans knew — the latter perhaps instinctively — that Islam was a militant creed that for centuries attacked and committed atrocities in their homelands, all in the name of "holy war," or jihad . These facts have been radically "updated" in recent times. According to the dominant narrative — as upheld by mainstream media and Hollywood, pundits and politicians, academics and "experts" of all stripes — Islam was historically progressive and peaceful, whereas premodern Europe was fanatical and predatory. ...
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