Whomod, you have a pathological need to prove to yourself and everyone else that Republicans are evil.
It is increasingly clear with each new acid-filled post that there's something wrong with YOU, rather than the conservative Republicans you launch blanket attacks on.

I see you've also taken on a new tack, trying to paint me as a liar.

You quoted me from page 10, and from this page, to project the notion that there's some contradiction to what I'm saying.

But in BOTH quotes, I said that the whole of Islam encourages these things ( holy war, brutalization of women, sucide bombings, etc. ) and the only way that the Islamic world will change is through a cultural shift.
(And to clarify, cultural shift in this case means opening their world to non-Islamic ideas from Europe, India, Asia and other cultures, and hopefully cultivating a less violent and repressive form of Islam. )

Again, there ARE Muslims who aren't violent, but I'd say the prevalence of suicide bombings, wife beating, honor killing, etc., the high ratio that these things occur in Islamic culture, shows that the enemy is Islam itself.

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Chant, I see your point, that it COULD just be the way Islam is TAUGHT, but again, verses from the Quran clearly state how to deal with non-believers of Islam:

"Kill them where you find them..."

"Lie in wait for them..."

"Put them to the sword. But if they convert, Allah is all-merciful"

I've posted the full Quran verses on several topics previously.

Certainly, there are other more peaceful writings in the Quran as well. But that doesn't whitewash Islam's Quran-specified brutal treatment and persecution of non-Muslims in their borders. Historically, non-Muslims pay higher taxes and are otherwise deprived of the freedoms that Muslims have in the Islamic world.