Oxford Prof Whitewashes the Islamization of the Middle East

Rewriting history to manipulate people into accepting today’s Leftist policies is a big business.

September 19, 2018 Robert Spencer  4

Christian C. Sahner, a professor on Oxford’s Faculty of Oriental Studies, wrote Monday that “the process of Islamisation” of the Middle East was not a matter of “conversion by the sword,” but was actually “slow, complex, and often non-violent. Forced conversion was fairly uncommon, and religious change was driven far more by factors such as intermarriage, economic self-interest, and political allegiance.”

Oh, all right, then. If it was “slow, complex, and often non-violent,” then how bad could it have been? And how bad could the Islamization of Britain, and of Europe, be today?

Unfortunately, behind Sahner’s coolly written assessment lies a far uglier reality. He is technically correct: the Islamization of the Middle East was indeed largely driven by “intermarriage, economic self-interest, and political allegiance.” But behind these bland words lies a far uglier reality.

Islamic law forbids Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men, but allows Muslim men to marry non-Muslim women. Thus since women would join their husband’s household, the Muslim community always grew at the expense of the non-Muslim community...........To Read Much More....