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Tempe 12ft Chicken
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Message 644 of 2241 (742913)
11-25-2014 12:40 PM
Reply to: Message 631 by Faith
11-25-2014 9:38 AM


Re: Dying for a Cause
Faith writes:
You said there are lots of examples of Muslims being willing to die for their faith at the hands of others, but I don't know of any that are so certain as you seem to think. Perhaps there are, but you'd need to convince me.
Crusades...do we need to add more? Pretty sure lots of Muslims were martyred during this time. Would this fall under your definition of being forced to endure torture and death in the name of faith?

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