[Agitate]

Joe;

I appreciate that you are defending your faith and doing so in a non combative manner. I know that all Muslims are not wild jihadis wanting to become martyrs. This will I have a close friend who is a Muslim immigrant who I have worked with for many years. I know this sounds like a line but it's the truth--he's a good friend and a decent person. We are aware of each other's faiths and there is still love between us. The day he suicide bombs us is the day I may start painting all Muslims with the same brush, and I don't expect that will happen knowing him.

I don't want to debate Christianity vs. Islam necessarily, and certainly not with hostility. I just want to know if someone can explain why:
1) Islamic countries have cultures that embrace death and murder in the form of honor killings and suicide murderers;
2) Show great intolerance for Jews, Christians and Hindus;
3) Support despotic leaders; appear to have little regard for human life in general, especially women.

My friend has 2 beautiful daughters and wouldn't harm a hair on their heads. When I see fathers, brothers etc. in other countries murdering their daughters sometimes on the basis of hearsay, I have to wonder what kind of culture this is. Have you ever lived in an Islamic country and can you give any insight?

[philosofy123]

The old communist oppressive East Germans, and the North Koreans communists are ordered to kill their fellow citizens if they attempt to jump the fence, and switch to the other side. By the same analogy, according to Islamic laws, any Moslem who switches to another religion must be killed. It is like a mafia, you can get in, but you can never get out.