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In reply to the discussion: Rules I'd suggest for critiquing Islam or "Islamists" without aiding Western militarists and bigots: [View all]cheapdate
(3,811 posts)clashed with, and were ultimately destroyed by the United States. Many factors led to the Creek's disastrous confrontation with the U.S. military, but what arguably drove the conflict most of all was the Creek cultural practice of blood revenge.
It was revenge, but it was also much more than revenge. The practice of blood revenge was deeply tied up in Creek religious beliefs about balance and reciprocity. Death or injury had to be repaid to restore balance (Balance could also be restored in other ways, but here we'll keep it simple.) It didn't matter if the person who caused the injury was the one who paid, but someone from the clan had to pay. If a white person killed an Indian, then a white person had to be killed. It obviously caused problems.
Islamic fundamentalists aren't Creek Indians, but there are some similarities.