User talk:SouthWriter/sandbox/An atheist's objections/@comment-1375165-20100706220422

Alright GOPZACK, I can tell you for certain that at least a few of those are either taken out of context (by fight he meets convert, one of the quotes even says that by believing you fight, so that may be what some mean) or merely fabrications. The reason I say this is because I can tell you for certain that Mohamed and the Quran placed the "People of the Book" in high regard, and asks his people to specifically be tolerant to them, as evidenced by nearly ALL the medieval Muslim rulers who were extremely tolerant to Christians and Jews, even helping them into Jerusalem only years after a crusade against the Muslims. They most certainly had a better understanding of the Quran than some writers from Newsweek (who might I add published that only a year after 9/11).

A lot of people give Islam a bad rap because of its fundamentalists (people who probably don't even deserve the title, as they diverge so much from its principles). The Quran even says that the faith should be spread by the pen rather than the sword, and for a religion that came out of the 600's, a pretty violent time, that's very progressive when you think about it.

Please ZACK, think more carefully before you speak/post.