Originally Posted by eleanoraquitaine

The idea you shouldn't judge an ideology by its actions and words, simply because it sometimes calls itself a religion, is totally absurd. Calling islam evil is about the same as calling naziism evil only its more accurate in labeling islam, a much more evil ideology than naziism. Did every member of the nazi party murder a jew? No. Does that mean naziism was peaceful?

Religion or not, I judge islam by its words and actions. To be muslim, by definition, one has to accept that muhammed was a good example to follow. And, he wasn't. muhammed was a child rapist, thieving, raping, conquering madman. If muslims decide to reform their religion as others have done and rip out the violent pages and condemn muhammed as the evil freak he was, then they can join the civilized world as a peaceful religion. Until then, we will keep bombing them into submission.