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My simplistic view on Islam. Is that it is at its base level based on being a nice peaceful lets get along type of religious belief.

So is Christianity. Tolerance and charity and sharing are supposed to be hallmarks of both religions. Christianity at its worst existed during the middle ages when ignorance and a papal system designed to ensure political power and influence caused the church to force people to live in fear of retribution for failing to meet the demands of the church.

Imagine if your average Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Catholic carried on with the ignorant fervor that gripped christianity during the middle ages. It would be plug ugly for sure. We do have small enclaves of extremism within western religious beliefs and we do tolerate them and will continue to do so until they become violent or dangerous to our society.

Islam has and still does maintain the same level of 7th century backwardness in many parts of the middle east.

Thats why these little mullah loving dune bunnies are so difficult to get along with. Virtually zero change since the 7th century. No advances in tolerance whatsoever. Still stuck in the freaking middle ages. Women virtually enslaved in these cultures, not allowed to pursue education nor have a say in the destiny of their own families. Imagine for one moment if we were living in a patriarchal society even half as strict as what exists in Saudi Arabia. We would be one messed up bunch.

There are many followers of islam who are in no way or means associated with nor support the ugliness that is pervasive in Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and any of the other stans in the region. But the few who do and are in support of it are sure giving it a bad name.

The sooner we smack them into the 21st century the better off they will be. Its clear they are not coming to this century by themselves. History is unflinching in its regard for cultures that are behind the power curve technologically and or from the standpoint of being culturally backwards or having existed in a vacuum isloated from the rest of the world.

If you are not ready to move forward or you cling to a way of life that is inconsistent with the world norm your culture is asking to be overrun and forcibly changed.

The American Indian culture was doomed to this fate from the first moment European settlers set foot on North America. They were not treated respectfully either but simnly swept aside by a power they had no means to resist. The power of the Europeans and their regard of the American native as a savage doomed them right or wrong. Ultimately the correction factor for Islamic culture will happen. We are witnessing it now. Truth be told they could be allowed to live at the level of intolerant ignorance and backwardness they live in if they could just learn to leave the rest of us alone. We know that is not going to happen.