Perhaps the articles I linked up in a blog post today might tell you why some of us are a bit skeptical of the general benevolence of "most Muslims." As I point out in my post, it has become increasingly difficult to take a supposed religion seriously when their theology is loudly defined by a few. An outsider to Christianity might content himself with generalized concepts of the religion, but once he decides to explore further, he finds a diversity of interpretation and theology...most of whose adherents are perfectly happy to duke it out in words, rather than fatwas and sharia. When word gets out that Islam uses the promise of feminine favors in an afterlife of fornication whilst also spelling out exact treatment of women who have the audacity to show more skin than on their faces, much less how it is well and proper for the husband to beat his wife for a momentary suspicion while he takes trips to Western countries and breaks every law in the Koran because he has been told all he has to do is convert in the name of Allah, no one who is born with the benefit of Judeo-Christian inheritance can look upon Islam as anything other than a destructive system. Not a religion. It may be quite easy to say its only just a few, but many Westerners hve noted how EASILY those few have led dominated the conversation, and how limp-wristed so many of them are in their response to put the extremists where they belong. It becomes patently obvious that Islam is no longer about seeking reunion with God; it is about gaining power, and Mohammed describes a very effective method of doing so in a so-called "holy book."
Im sorry to be so contentious with you, because I have read your other posts and know that you have described yourself as Jewish. This is a bit shocking to me, because another widely promoted concept is that Jews and Muslims will NEVER get along...and this is NOT because of some silly media manipulations. This is HISTORY many of us are looking. No, Im not calling you a liar. I AM saying this protestation of being Jewish does NOT give satisfactory reason for the rest of us to go "oh, well if HE says it, then it must be true." Westerners have had FOUR years to pick up copies of the Koran and read it and conclude that there can only be two effective responses to it : 1) nullify it to cult status in the world and replace it with a religion that is more representative of God's Holy Spirit, or 2) the Imams/members/teachers/ etc. ACTIVELY pursue an INTENSE REFORMATION. Personally, I think it would be much easier if they all just converted to Judaism, or Christianity, whichever they think their belief fall closest to. But they really need to abandon a doctrine made up by a man who was only seeking poewr at the time.