[Sherman Logan]

Any political doctrine that calls to kill those who do not believe in it is NOT a religion.

So Catholicism of the Middle Ages was not a religion?

I understand and in general agree with your point. But it is much more accurate to say that Islam is not JUST a religion, in the way others are. It is a political/religious/cultural amalgam. This does not make it any less a religion, though.

Also, technically speaking, Islam does not call for the death of non-believers, at least among People of the Book. They do, however, have to accept submission to Muslim rule. :)

[DJ MacWoW]

From the Hadith: “Judgment Day will come only when the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them, until the Jew hides behind the tree and the stone, and the tree and the stone say: ‘Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah (SWT), there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him’ – except for the Gharqad tree.”

Tell me when Jesus said the like?