Islam: Religion of Peace?: The Violation of Natural Rights and Western Cover-Up

Eight hundred years ago, St. Francis of Assisi embarked on a mission to the port city of Damietta, Egypt, to try and convert Sultan al-Kamil to Christianity. While this did not come to fruition, both the sultan and the saint were able to have a peaceful dialogue and establish a mutual respect that is absent from the present-day polemics of Islam.

While many today hold that those who seek to create a universal caliphate through acts of terror in the name of Islam falsely represent their reli...