Religion has been historically used as a means for political ends. I don’t mean that like a Marxist (opium of the masses). I mean govt has used religion to propagandize people to get them to do things they normally wouldn’t do. Then religion gets blamed for it. Just my opinion.
I share that opinion.
My view is that real religions (i.e., not Islam) are practiced by decent people. Sociopaths know this and exploit this for their own purposes, giving the religion a bad name.
I do not consider Islam a real religion. I consider it to be a social and governmental control system disguised as a religion.
While there may be many honest and spiritual people who practice Islam, the religion itself is neither honest nor spiritual. It was started by a man whose purpose was power and sexual access (and possibly money - another form of power). The control structure of the “religion” is dominated by violent, power-hungry, and repressive men. Its “holy book” advocates the elimination of anyone outside the “religion.”