We traded swords with some Jehovah's Witnesses once. Of course, like the Muslim faith, they come in with a pitch on how simliar their Truth is to Christian Truth. But all the things under the surface (Christ is really the Archangel Micheal, no Trinity, no Heaven, etc.) is never mentioned until you are deeper into the faith. Same with the Muslims...there are all kinds of things "in the book" that are never addressed to the outside observer. I think we should all read the Koran, for the simple reason of understanding what the book says, and being ready to refute it.
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Glenn Beck said yesterday that he has read "Mein Kampf" because he wanted to understand how perfectly normal, good-intentioned human beings could arrive at the point they don't bat an eye while trucks full of people pass their front door on the way to the concentration camps. Be aware of what the other guy thinks, and when he says, "Mine is the 'religion of peace", call him out.
Think about it. It's called the revenge factor.
Yes. And killing non-muslims is encouraged, unless they are "people of the Book" (Jews and Christians), in which case their lives are to be spared IF they pay a weekly bribe (called a "djidjia")to the muslim authorities (in my wife's native Morocco, this was done every Thursday).
There are lots of ignorant people out there (including people with PhD's), who say that muslims did not persecute Jews or Christians. According to these ignorant folk (mostly dreamy liberals), having someone come to your house every week and threaten you with "Cash, Conversion or de-Capitation" doesn't qualify as "persecution."