Not all muslims are violent, I agree.

But again, as PJP commented, a great number of muslims worldwide are inspired to violence directly by Koran scripture, chapter and verse.

Much as those hostile to Christianity and Judaism try to paint these two far more peaceful religions with the same brush as Islam, in point of fact Islam at its core tells its followers to expand by conquest, and have all non-muslims convert or be put to the sword.





Christianity in its first few hundred years spread peacefully across the Roman empire and the rest of Europe, despite persecution.

Islam, beginning in the 7th century, immediately spread by war and conquest, and slaughter of non-believers, wiping out Christian communities in North Africa and the Middle East.

And then Islamic armies pushed into Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Southern France, before the Christians finally, with their backs to the wall, pushed them out of Europe.
MAP here, Islamic expansion, 632-750 A.D., note the portions expanding into Europe. Note also that all of North Africa was also previously Christian.


At the time Columbus was discovering America, the Ottoman Turks had invaded deep into central Europe, and were finally turned back at the gates of Vienna.
Ottoman Empire expansion, 1359-1683, MAP here

And later began the Crusades to take back what had also previously been Christian territory, in what is now Israel and Lebanon, after repeated harassments of Christians in the birthplace of Christianity.



Much that's been discussed in this topic was explored in a previous topic:

Islamic ignorance
http://www.robkamphausen.com/Number=206064





In the present day, much of the murderous rhetoric of al Qaida, Wahabists, and other muslim radicals is not a bastardization of the Koran to rationalize war (as those who try to downplay or rationalize Muslim violence allege), it is exact scripture, chapter and verse, from the Koran.





While there are a significant percentage of Muslims worldwide pushing to focus on more peaceful elements within the Koran, to create more rights for women, end violence toward women, focus on the peaceful sections of the Koran to limit muslim political violence, the simple fact is that ALL this violence is clearly endorsed in the Koran !

( Some of those Koran passages are transcribed in the above prior topic.)





As I pointed out in an article from TIME magazine that focused on violent muslim extremism, where TIME asked the question: "Is Saudi Arabia our friend or our enemy?", it is pointed out that Wahabist missionaries sent from Saudi Arabia to all points across the globe, are the focal point of islamic violence and terrorism everywhere they go.
From the Phillipines to Indonesia to India to Pakistan to Chechnya, to the West Bank and Gaza to Algeria and elsewhere.



And similarly, Islamic immigration to Europe and North America is the focal point of violence toward Jews, desecration of Synagogues and Jewish graveyards, and increased violence toward women.



I posted considerable documentation of all these violent trends that follow Islamic missions and immigration worldwide.






But again, even in the heart of Islam, in Saudi Arabia, 50% of Arabs surveyed say they detest the repressive Sharia laws (strictly enforced Koran teachings) in Saudi Arabia, and would like these laws abolished.




And I point that out because I don't wish to paint an overly negative picture of those who want to reform Islam.




But it is a simple fact that the Koran does teach these violent practices (toward women, toward non-muslims, toward any muslims who deviate from the "true" teachings of Islam).

And it is a fact that the number of muslims who have this violently bigoted hostility toward those who don't believe what they believe, and quote the Koran to defend their violence, chapter and verse, are the majority, and reformers are a minority.



It is not misinterpretation of the Koran that teaches violence, it is reading of the Koran in its exact context.

And that creates a fertile ground for terrorist recruits.


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