Maybe they are. They were different men in different times. Mohammad joined an army. Elsewhere on that page it says he was a great unifier, a generous man who brought people together despite being treated badly by the people of Mecca. And it doesn't matter who he actually was, what matters is...
Is it not too much to ask to just have a think about these things before writing? Are you really trying to suggest that rape and paedophilia are an islamic problem, because its pretty damn clear that they're not restricted to that group of people alone. All you end up writing is abuse for the...
I get what you mean, but the premise is flawed. We have two historical figures, one from the 1st century, one from the 6th century, both the major prophet of a religion they are credited with creating, and next-to-no unbiased information about the lives of either. To assume one was good and one...
Its just a wider point. Some 85-90% of people killed in terrorist attacks are muslim. And anyway, religion is only one of the reasons for terrorist attacks, most are rooted in geopolitics.
Plenty of evil is done in the name of Christianity, plenty of good is done in the name of Islam. Its easy and its simplistic to take sides. To say that Islam cannot be peaceful is as incorrect as saying Christianity cannot be violent.
I'm an Atheist too, and I hate religion not for what it...
The victims are muslim. So this isn't about Islam versus non-Islam, this is about fundamentalist Islam vs non-fundamentalist 'normal' Islam.
People are only defending their muslim faith because there are other people attacking it.