Lester Minto Quotes
These good Christians do not have the courage to face me. They follow my children around and shout at them, "Your father is a mass murderer" and other terrible epithets.
Dr. Minton was one of the few physicians in Texas who performed abortions. He gets constant death threats by people who claim to be devout Christians. He carries and sleeps with a handgun, and knows how to use it.
Lester Minto, Physician, Al Jazeera, Documentary on Texas Anti-Abortion Laws, June 29, 2015
Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations
Most people are familiar with the people are familiar with the terrible persecution of the Jews in Spain by the Christians. Although there were a few examples of tolerance to Jews by Muslims when they controlled Spain and instances like modern Turkey. Generally however there is and has been Islamic persecution of Jews, Christians, and other non Muslims in almost all nations where Muslims have been in control. Until the Enlightenment, Christian persecution of other religions was just as bad if not worse.
The Barbary Pirates had an incredible extortion racket going in the Mediterranean. If nations would pay them an annual sum each year, they would not attack and seize merchant ships of that country and sell the ships and goods while holding the sailors for ransom.
