By forbid, by ban you cannot prevent a belief, contrary, you expand it.
That's the difference to secular systems. Only because islamic systems forbid other beliefs way too often you should not fear that secular systems forbid the islam. Everyone is free to believe what he wants to believe. And a belief ends where you hurt the rights of others.
Well, I can't believe all this "we want a moderate islam" when it comes up in a secular country. You are even worse demanding the sharia. What is your belief? Salafism?
I wish religious people wouldn't try to put their belief over all other people.
There is prejudice! Who said that islam forbids other beliefs? This is not true.
You can believe in every way however you want. A muslim tells you his religion, its up to you accept or decline. No force no forbid.
Please don't act like you don't see things happening left and right in other countries. For example christians are killed often in some islamic countries.
But you know what... salafism is by now well known as the last step before terrorism. That is why salafism groups are observed quite well. I guess you live in france. The immigrants in the banlieues surely have not the best life and yes some take the worst way out. But this is a normal thing to happen if people feel like it is not going well for them. The worse the crazier the people become.
I know very well that there are islamic countries that live a free islam. No one dares to try to enforce the sharia and other rules that are obviously not made for our times. Most countries dropped those stone age rules but they had them once. And you come on with the wish to go back to stoneage times?
If you would be moderate, ok. I know that there are other moslems than you. They surely give freedom to woman and everyone. You wouldn't. And that makes you dangerous. Depending on if your life goes in the direction you want it to you might even turn way more radical. Giving up and putting all your hope in a life with virgins in heaven. And don't tell me it's prejudice. It happens surely around you too.
Even if you would want a moderate islam. Demanding that for a states religion is dangerous again. You surely know the muslim brotherhood. That is the organisation behind all the terror of islamic terror around the world. (Not IS though.) But not only terror, they try to take over countries with moderate promises, then enforce stricter rules.
So in any way... islam as a governmental rule is dangerous. In general, religious rules in a government are dangerous and everyone needs to fight them. Religion can still exist freely as long as no other persons get harmed from it. So you can still despise homosexuals. But if you feel the urge to kill them in the name of god because of sharia then you would be rightfully a terrorist.
And no... if you want the sharia then you can't claim others will do the killing. It means you would kill others just because of your religion too. Because you feel the religion gives you the right or the need to do so. And don't tell me my logic is erraneous here.
What I want to say is... the islam is a problem when stoneage rules are demanded, when other persons are restricted in their right to live freely as they wish. The islam is dangerous when getting power in a government. Those demanding violence in the name of god are dangerous. Unfortunately you are one of those too.
It's the general attitude of the religion.
I'm sorry for you that you got in contact with such radical persons.