In understanding Islam, you have to understand the life of mohammed. He was a savage warrior, a leader of armies that conquered all of the arabian penninsula. His experiences, his "art of war" is the essence of the Islamic texts.. Koran, Hadiths and the Sira.
I know what kind of a monster he was. I will never bow before him. As a woman, I would prefer death to islam. I and my daughters and granddaughtes will never lives as slaves.