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"Christianity didn't become a world religion because of quality of its teachings, but by the quantity of its violence" - Eleanor Ferguson. Is this statement historically correct?

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"Christianity didn't become a world religion because of quality of its teachings, but by the quantity of its violence" - Eleanor Ferguson. Is this statement historically correct?	4800
How many "European Christians" were enslaved by Muslims in North Africa between 1530 and 1780?	4