Until the advent of materialism and 19th c. dogma, Western Civilisation was superior to anything Islam had developed. Islam has not aided in the development of the modern world; in fact civilisation has only been created in spite of Islam. Proof of this resides in the 'modern' world and the unending political-economic and spiritual poverty of Muslim states and regions. Squatting on richer civilisations is not 'progress'. Islam is pagan, totalitarian, and irrational.
Christians are demonized in the Koran and Hadith as little better than dogs, apes, or pigs [special appellations for Jews in particular]. The 'polytheist' Trinity worshippers are usually linked with Satan, greed, obstinacy, trickery, arrogance, wealth and hostility towards Muhammad's cult. It is therefore incumbent upon Moslems to convert, dominate or kill these polytheists in the name of Allah-Muhammad, who desire supposedly, the monotheistic worship of the moon deity of Mecca, or ilah [the Lord, it does not mean god].
Christians are of course, only one target of annihilation. Any non-Moslem group or sect, must be convinced to join the Muhammadan cult, or destroyed. ISIS today has offered up Koranic terms to not only Christians – convert, pay the poll tax and be humiliated, or if you reject these 2 options, be killed – but also to the ancient Yezidis. I don't know much about the Yezidis but an excellent article on the Yezidi genocide perpetrated by Moslems over the centuries, can be found here.
The destruction of 30.000 Christian churches between 632 and 710 AD across once-Christian lands from Syria to Spain, and the brutal destruction, forced conversion and enslavement of Christians and Orthodox whites numbering in the tens of millions; finds an echo in the Moslem slaughter and evisceration of Yezidi culture and people. It is a story not often told.
As the article states:
“It has been estimated that 23 million Yezidis have been killed by Moslems and their other self-proclaimed enemies during the past 700 years. And the Yezidi population continues to decrease. Just 200 years ago was 2 million, but it is now estimated to be less than one million worldwide. A current “incentive” to the ongoing slaughter is a belief that states that if a Moslem slays a Yezidi great awards await him or her in Heaven.”
Yezidis like Christians are demonized by Moslems and their Imams. They, like the 'polytheist' Catholics, are described as devil worshippers, demonic, evil, satanic, pagan and unclean. They are thus de-humanized and marginalized. This makes it much easier to kill them.
The Yezidi culture which originally emanated from India is far older than Islam, and is a mix of different eschatological, metaphysical and spiritual ideals. It has nothing in common with the moon cult of Mecca. Yezidis themselves have never warred against Moslems or engaged in violence. Yet what do we see in the real world? Peaceful Yezidis living in Iraq and elsewhere, who do nothing to offend or confront Moslems, are slaughtered, raped, driven into refugee camps and have their possessions appropriated by Muhammad's supremacist cult.
Question for Moslems and their deranged apologists: What exactly is religious about the eradication of the Yezidis and why would anyone believe that such barbarous acts which precisely follow the Koran and Hadith, and which have been on-going for 700 years; are not 'Islamic' ?