It seems to be
a very violent religion, and the violence is at a level that western religions havent seen since the crusades.
Not exact matches
There is in fact an Abrahamic
religion that has a
very violent past, one ridden with; war, slavery, colonialism and intrusive missionaries - it is not Islam.
I realize it is
very difficult to believe, with the morals that most people grow up with that any
religion can be so
violent and extreme, but, there are those who have warped the Muslim faith and that is a tragedy.
I myself don't believe in
religions but I still think we should refrain from offending Muslims who are known to be
very brainwashed fanatics capable of
violent retaliations (just think of the accidental burning of the Koran in Afghanistan).
But they do point to a
very real and serious issue within all the Abrahamic
religions, which is, they are inherently confrontational and
violent belief systems.