You're confusing a religion with state and or people when you speak of the unspeakable things done by people who used islamic tactics to press their ideals on other people. Nowhere in the new testament does it say to force a religious tenet or sytem of beliefs on another person. And why would it? If there IS one true God, would not this God not fear His creation, and not suffer His followers to slay the unbelievers? A prophet of this one true God would surely profess to his followers to share the good word, and that if it is not well recieved, then turn away and leave in peace.

I think that if you look at the timeline, you'll find that it was after the advent of conversion to islam at the tip of a sword before people who used Christianity as a front for their ideals began using the sword themselves as a tool for conversion. Surely these fine gentlemen are en flambe right about now. And if not, it's not recommended by Jesus at any point in time, ever.

Just read the book, and pay attention to what Jesus said. Live like he said to live, and you should be fine. Do you really think a one true God would want you doing his dirty work?

"but what about this country and that country doing this that and the other thing, blah blah blah", I can hear the replies already, and I haven't even pressed submit.

Read one book, then the other, then see if they could possibly be written about the same thing. I have both books, and it's like ... well, there's no way. Sorry if this offends anyone, but there's just no way one could reasonably construe that there's any correlation between the two other than the latter used some of the same stories.