Islam (Religion)

by Carl, Monday, October 20, 2008, 20:08 (5673 days ago) @ xris

xris says about Islam, "The problem is the basic teachings and islamic history is one of hate, dislike and down right violence towards non believers.. it cant be denied Islam is a violent unforgiving belief..We see slaves are acceptable ,rape of slaves is acceptable, war against unbelievers is acceptable, child marriages are acceptable, stoning of adulterers is acceptable.."
Xris, this is nonsense. Spain under the Moors was much more tolerant than under the Christians. Many countries in the Middle East had (before the violence of the last sixty years) blended societies of Muslim, Jew and Christians, and they co-existed peaceably, though there were some areas of discrimination. The mores of Islam are based on the Arab culture of 700 AD, and as a result are somewhat primitive, but modern Muslim are able to do the same thing modern Christians do, make the cultural adjustment to the twenty first century and keep on going. There are almost 1.5 billion Muslims in the world, and if even a small minority of them rose up in violence, it would be disastrous. They are mostly moderates, although they should speak out more forcefully against the atrocities of the violent few.