h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

A quote from the 'the Fall of Constantinople'

"The conquering army is allowed three days of unrestricted pillage; and the former places of worship, with every other building, become the property of the conquering leader; he may dispose of them as he pleases. Sultan Mehmet (after the fall of Constantinople in 1453) allowed his soldiers the three days of pillage to which they were entitled. They poured into the city...They slew everyone that they met in the streets, men, women and children without discrimination. the blood ran in rivers down the steep streets... But soon the lust for slaughter was assuaged. The soldiers realized that captives and precious objects would bring them greater profits."

An different example of a conquering Mulim army to the one presented.

Other great Muslim conquerors you may wish to know about...

caliph Abu Bakr, 4000 massacred peasants during the 634 syrian campain. Not forgeting the monks killed and monasteries sacked in Mesopotamia between 635 and 642 as well as the male population of Elam.

Amr b. al-as, massacres in Behnesa, Fayum, Aboit, Cillia and Nikiu. to quote the then bishop of Nikiu, "whoever gave himself up to them was massacred, they spared neither the old, nor the women or children."

Muhammad b. Quasim, 6000 surendered men of fighting age in India.

Mahmud of Ghazni, to many to mention! But the destruction of the one of the most opulent Hindu temples in the holy city of Krishna stands out.

I'll stop there. But trust me the list goes on and on. The history of Islam is just as litered with massacre, pillage, forced conversions, unfair taxation and general destruction as Christianity. And I haven't even touched on singularly Muslim things like the Jizya and Devshirme.