Muhammed was a generally peacefull man, he fought when others fought him. He himself would seek a non-violent approach first.
The Qu'ran does not endorse killing. Ji-had can mean two tings:
1. Inner Ji-had to take the battle upon with yourself, to become less greedy, fearfull etc.
2. Outer Ji-had which means to stand up for your right to practice islam.
That a bunch of extremists and people with low IQ completely ignored this is not the fault of the general populace practicing Islam.
Go to countries like Jordan, Iran (70's.. since ayatollah its a mess) see how emancipated those people are and still practice Islam. You'd fit right in as a westerner (if you aren't a biggot).
The Burkah for example as explained by woman from Jordan was because there's a ton of sand in the desert, so it is used as a good way to cover up and not get everything in your hair, eyes and face. And doesn't have anything to do with being a sexual object, even so as explained by these same woman, times we're a lot different then. But to still view it from their pov in time would just be sexualizing yourself and not because others do so.
Now what Voltaire said about Islam can equally be said about Christians, how many christians suffer from guilt of existance and sexuality?
How many times does the bible say god-fearing man, or ''you should fear god''.
Haven't there been terrorist attacks in Ireland aswell in the name of christianity? You don't see the whole world generalizing over that mainly because in the western world christianity is still the pre-dominant religion and everyone can see that this a small group of extremists.
Its all the fucking same, so stop bashing religions as the problem and just recognize the problem in yourself (jihad).
Religion is created by man, so I can't blame religion which is a concept, whether the concept is biased or not only tells that man himself is biased (and a moron).
''The eyes are the windows of the soul'' - Qu'ran (and plato) - Now why would Allah want you to cover up everything when he made you beautifull?
Yes, i totally agree. Islam is a peaceful religion and the bottom line is the religion is not at fault. Besides, i known alot is Muslims who actually assimilated in Western countries and actually convinced others to join in on their faith. Now what this article talks about happens but it won't justify generalizing the whole Islamic community.