A few years ago, seeking something to read on the beach, I popped into the bookshop at the Jomtien end of Dongtan Beach. I found there a copy of "The politically incorrect guide to Islam (and the crusades)" by Robert Spencer (Regnery Publishing, 2005). As it is very closely based on original quotations - though no doubt selectively chosen ones - from the Koran and the Hadith, it is a good source of material for arguments such as this one, as well as very accessible and a very entertaining read!
"The fruits of peace and tranquility... are the greatest goods... while those of its opposite, strife, are unbearable evils. Hence we ought to wish for peace, to seek it if we do not already have it, to conserve it once it is attained, and to repel with all our strength the strife which is opposed to it. To this end individual[s]... and in even greater degree groups and communities are obliged to help one another... from the bond or law of human society." [Marsilio dei Mainardini (c.1275-1342), Defensor Pacis]
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