Is Islam really worse than other religions?

I am utterly non-religious but I fully disagree with people who single out Islam as being worse. Action depends on how religious text is interpreted and that is based on culture and wider social/political factors.

Quoting nasty verses written in the Qu'ran does not win an argument because it doesn't take account for the vast majority of Muslims who are peaceful and non-fundamentalist. It also doesn't account for the fact that most Christians do not take the Bible literally. Jesus Christ was a socialist pacifist who could forgive anything and the Old Testement God was violent and vengeful.

I live in a part of London with plenty of Muslims and when people call Muslims backward, insular and 'not-integrated' this clashes with my own personal experience. Only 1% of Americans are Muslims and when you don't personally know a group of people, it is easier to be susceptible to media stereotypes.

Also, Reza Aslam is awesome:

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Aurelia · 41-45, F

Muslim people are no better or worse than any of the rest. People are people regardless of religion or other factors.

But if you look at the religion-yes it promotes rape and killing of non muslims. If you look at their prophets life, he was a egomaniacal pedophilic raging lunatic sex-addict.

The Old Testament is a historical record of the Jewish people, and yes there was adultery, murder, and wars because it was about PEOPLE who are flawed. But if you look at the life of Jesus, who Christians follow, he was peaceful and gave himself willingly as a sacrifice for the sins of mankind.

So yes, there's a difference between the religions. But between people, we are all the same.

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@DarylDixon: Actually there are more Christian Islamophobes than any other religion.