Anastasios,
Just for the record, I did not say "Muslims were all evil", I said Islam is evil. I realize there are many people, most of whom strive to be "socially correct" by modern standards, who will find my assertion as "ignorant" and "uninformed".
Islam was “Protestant” in interpretation from the very start. And while for many years only several forms of Islam emerged, today it has become much more subjective, even individually. Anyone who has studied history as it relates to Islam will know that what is commonly thought of as “Wahhabi Islam” closely resembles historic Islam in application, at least as much as any other (Note that Wahhabi Islam is a widespread version accepted by a great many people who are not terrorists; the Saudi royal family is one example).
Muslims, as individuals, range from lapsed to devout, from "in name only" to fully practicing Jihadists. As in all religions, some individuals retain the label even if they don't practice the religion. As with any, knowledge of the religion varies from person to person. It is not at all unusual to find members of a religion who don't understand the doctrines, practice, or history of their religion, in fact, it is very common. As a broad label, "Muslim" is nothing more than a meaningless demographic term. I believe Western society points to the "lasped" as a "proof" that Islam is a religion of "peace".
To judge a religion, I believe one has to look at its founding, its principals, and/or its practice. With Islam, I don’t believe you have to get far past its founding to understand how one can interpret a proper way to practice.
As everyone knows, Islam was founded by a pedophile – Mohammed; a man who had 5 or 6 wives, including a 9 year old who played with toys.
In Medina, the “prophet” inaugurated his reign of terror by assassinating two critics who posed no physical threat: an elderly man and a poet. Disliking the farm life around Medina, he tried his hand at raiding caravans which traveled to and from the city of Mecca. After several failed attempts as a raider, he finally succeeded - during the “holy” month. (As usual, he conveniently had a revelation to justify this breach of ethics.) Muhammad had found his calling: plunder.
The existence of the Jewish tribes nearby seemed to threaten Muhammad’s authority. Since Muhammad packaged his religion as the completion and perfection of the monotheistic religions: Judaism and Christianity (His converts were Arabs), he tried to sell it to the Jews; The Jews however refused to accept him as an authentic prophet of their religion. In a policy of ethnic cleansing, he banished two of the three Jewish tribes and slaughtered the third. Of the several dozen battles fought either by Muhammad or on his behalf, only one, the Battle of the Ditch, was defensive. Islam, however, classifies them all as defensive, virtually removing any meaning from the word. Muhammad had perfected his technique: slaughter.
Chapters in the Quran ("Suras") are Muhammad's "revelations" from God. The Suras from later periods reflect the corruption of Muhammad's rule. Sura 9, one of the last revelations, contains some of the most uncompromising doctrines of aggression and belligerence. The Quran and the Hadith paint a bleak but unmistakable picture: Islam is a warrior religion of conquest and oppression.
This is why it is evil – not even mentioning what it teaches about the religion of God, Christianity.
