[exnavychick]

That may be, but I don't know enough about Islam to say whether you are right or wrong about that. All I know is-based on the verses I've seen quoted here on FR, you can find similar passages in the Bible stating who is ok to kill as well.

I'm sorry, but I don't think religion, in and of itself, is an evil thing if it's not Christianity. You are free to believe that, but I don't agree. I think the problem lies with people, not their religion.

[Chemist_Geek]

All I know is-based on the verses I've seen quoted here on FR, you can find similar passages in the Bible stating who is ok to kill as well.

He that striketh his bondman, or bondwoman, with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime.

But if the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is his money.

Exodus 21:20-21

There's fun stuff like the death penalty for rape victims:

If a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie with her,

Thou shalt bring them both out to the gate of that city, and they shall be stoned: the damsel, because she cried not out, being in the city: the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife. And thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee.

Deuteronomy 22:23-24

And enforced marriage between rapist and victim:

If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, who is not espoused, and taking her, lie with her, and the matter come to judgment:

He that lay with her shall give to the father of the maid fifty sicles of silver, and shall have her to wife, because he hath humbled her: he may not put her away all the days of his life.

Deuteronomy 22:28-29

Religious tolerance is apparently not part of the Jewish or Christian faith. Indeed, other religions are to be terrorized:

Thou shalt not adore their gods, nor serve them. Thou shalt not do their works, but shalt destroy them, and break their statues.

And you shall serve the Lord your God, that I may bless your bread and your waters, and may take away sickness from the midst of thee.

There shall not be one fruitless nor barren in thy land: I will fill the number of thy days.

I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come: and will turn the backs of all thy enemies before thee:

Exodus 23:24-27

Whether a religion is True or not has no relevance to whether a government may suppress or interfere with it. IMHO, government is totally incapable of saying anything about faith.

Whether Muslims are going to Hell or not is not the issue - the issue is whether they have the right to their faith. And, sadly, many posters do not believe in religious freedom for anyone other than their faith. "Oh, it's so evil, you can feel the evil rising from the pages of their book, we must destroy it." Well, heck, the same sort of passages are found in the Bible.