[ConorMacNessa]

I worship the Christian God who formulated the Two Great Commandments, set forth in Matthew 27:

"37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." KJV

Love is central to Christianity.

Islam, on the other hand is focused on jihad and warfare and is more a political entity than a religion. It's stated aim is world domination.

"9:5 When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters wherever you find them. Arrest them, besiege them, and lie in ambush everywhere for them. If they repent and take to prayer and render the alms levy, allow them to go their way. God is forgiving and merciful."

One can find numerous verses in the Qu'ran of similar nature. Islam is not at all like Christianity.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[doosee]

George W. Bush and Karl Rove - Islam is a Religion of Peace.... Feel good nonsense from 2 lightweight thinkers. How damaging those kind of statements are...

[supercat]

The most fundamental differences I see between Islam and other religions are

1. Islam commands its members to use physical force to retaliate against any believers who renounce their faith; while some Christian church leaders may have done so in centuries past, such actions today are viewed as having been unfortunate deviations from Christ's mission. I would suggest that this distinction alone is enough to regard Islam as a false religion: for something to be voluntary, one must have the option to decline; consequently, Muslims' continued faith cannot be considered voluntary.
2. Islam requires that its adherents revere a person whose conduct should be regarded as despicable by civilized people. I know of no other major religion which would compel its followers to worship a person whose claimed actions would be loathed by almost everyone else.

To my mind, those differences are sufficiently severe that Islam must be regarded as something fundamentally different from other religions.