Muhammad preached peace and tolerance in Mecca for 13 years. After this didn't pan out he moved to Medina (the heijira), had his Allah hallucinations out in the desert, became a psycho killer warlord. And all Muslims are commanded to emulate his life. Which they call the most perfect life ever lived.
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:atbchpdw0TkJ:www.faithissues.ca/OtherReligions/Islam/KoranAndTerrorism.asp+mohammed+visions+desert&hl=en&client=firefox
If Mohammed was living today, the Christians would label him as cult leader. There are so many traits of Mohammed that resembles cult leaders today. Mohammed's source of knowledge was from visions that were accompanied by convulsions that were similar to epileptic fits. The man went out of control with his visions. Such a man of uncontrollable convulsions is described by the early church fathers as being demon possessed. How many cult leaders of the last one hundred years have claimed to see visions?
"How many cult leaders of the last one hundred years have claimed to see visions?"
I could ask how many televangelists claim that.
The point is, it's accepted as one of the world's major religions. It is practiced peacefully by most. I don't condemn all members of the religion for the actions of the few.
BTW - the Koran is going to undergo major scrutiny with the release of this work............... http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol6No1/HV6N1PRPhenixHorn.html
I'm sure it will cause major debates within the religion forever more. Maybe some new sects will be formed?