I say every household should have a koran. They come in handy when the toilet paper runs out!

I think the part about not meeting Christians with the words 'Peace be upon you.' and ' If you come upon one of them on the road, force him to the narrower part.' is a bit over the line. Why would they feel that way about Christians?

correcto, every Muslim's responsibility according to the Quran is to spread Islam because that is the only way they can have salvation (martyrodom is one way to spread it). In order to achieve this, first they use 'dawah' (the call to proselytize Islam), sprinkled with 'taqqyia' (deception - a true Muslim is not only allowed but expected to practice deception to non-believers; we can see this all the time when they say Islam is a 'religion of peace' - the biggest lie and garbage they feed the naive non-Muslim world) and if all these two do not work then they have slaughter, war or force dhimmytude' (non-Muslims as second class citizens paying tribute to Muslims) onto non-Muslims. You need to learn more about this vile religion founded by a pedophile, robber and killer called Mohamed. Study the available materials. a lot is available. Islam is not what you think it is. Forcing a non-believer to the narrowest part of the road is a symbol of behavior in case you missed it. It all fits in.

Most religions have followers that are violently opposed to other religions. Look at the history of Western Christianity--in the name of 'God' they subjugated and destroyed indigenous cultures all over the world, while shipping the natives' wealth back to Europe.

N. & S. America, India, China, the South Seas, Australia, and Africa to name a few. It continues today with Iraq and Afghanistan among others. While preaching democracy--Americans only seem to think that such rights only belong to white citizens and nobody else. Ask an African American or Mexican.

The Arabs legitimately occupied the Israeli lands (which were taken by the Jews from the original inhabitants--read the Old Testament) after the Romans destroyed them in the 1st century AD.

The Arabs then occupied Palestine for a millennia--much like the Anglos occupied the land of Native Americans--except Arabs WERE the original indigenous of the land.

The occupation of the Middle East by Europeans in both the Crusades and after WW I led to the un-Christian taking of Palestine from inhabitants that lived there for centuries. Basically they wanted a place to get rid of the Jews in Europe as Germans weren't the only ones that didn't like them.

This is all in the history books they made us read in school. Exploitation of the Muslim countries by Westerners for oil has gone on for a century.

Is it any wonder they are pissed off and hate us?

On the flip side Muslims were also invading and conquering foreign lands and forcing their religion on ancient cultures--so both they and the West have some bad Karma to pay.

But at least they are true to their religion--whereas 'Christians' were hypocrites to their own creed: Do unto others..."

Maybe if Jesus returns he will give the Americas back to the Indians... in the meantime no religion has a monopoly on 'God'--every culture on the Earth has their own take on the creator--and religious maniacs hold the rest of the world hostage to their sociopathy like some demented children.

God is either laughing or crying at the madness of the human apes.

Blackbird, enough with the moral equivalency. In case you didn't notice, the article quotes specifics from these textbooks, which are so widely disseminated they have turned up at an Islamic school in Virginia. But I guess you are ok with this vile, moronic hate speech against homosexuals, Jews, and unbelievers, because at some point--any point--in history, spanning millenia, the jack-boot of religious power was on someone else's foot. For weak thinking apologists and defenders of psychopathic jihad, I guess the argument goes that 1,000 years ago, the Christians were also violent, superstitious, ignorant conquerors so never mind that Muslims behave that way in 2008. And your ridiculous and factually incorrect recap of the Arab-Israeli conflict with a liberal dose of undergraduate Howard Zinn-brainwashing are just as lame.

Iran sentenced 9 adulterers to death by stoning last week, in the name of sharia and Islam. Where is your outrage? As usual, I hear not a single Muslim voice of condemnation, and the language of these textbooks perpetuates the gangsterism called Wahabism. And the two women murdered by the taliban on film last week, is that ok because puritans also burned 'witches'? You're full of it, and until Islam has some sort of reformation, we continue to point and laugh at the nonsense taught to children in the Muslim world.

People who want to have gay sex should TOTALLY be stoned.
But it's better if the sex comes afterwards.

Joe, look in the mirror. Native Americans are STILL having their land taken away and polluted by mining companies, civilians are being tortured in Guantanamo w/o Geneva Convention rights, African Americans are still shot and beaten by police in questionable circumstances (wallets mistaken for guns...) we launched two wars on countries for their oil (forget 911 terrorists still hiding) and about to launch a third war on Iran, I could go on for a few more paragraphs...

You might have noticed--I said the Muslims have some bad karma too. You didn't point out what was factually incorrect--but didn't the Western Christian countries UK & US forcibly remove the Palestinians to create the Israeli state?

I admit I wrote this from memory--not Wikipedia, so point out what was factually incorrect.

You should be Bush's press secretary--he needs an apologist like you. I made the point that all religious rivalries are stupid and pathetic, but where is the US and Israel any better than the Jihadists? What did Iraq do to deserve a full press military invasion wounding, killing and maiming men women and children?

You are ignorant of history both current and past. If you step on a rattlesnake it will bite you--same principle. We have been fucking over the Arabs way before they ever were our enemies.

OK--so there is hate speech in the stoopid textbooks. That pales with the Israeli occupation of Palestine with their jackbooted thugs.

Furthermore--US Christian types beat and kill gays, and hate them too. There are still laws against sodomy here. And there are plenty of fundamental racist types that can quote the bible for killing gays, Muslims, Jews, or fill in the blank_____.

We are doing the same thing in Iraq--if it moves--shoot them...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_massacre

You have succeed in parroting Howard Zinn, to the letter, and you are wrong wrong wrong about every single last thing you have said, as is he. But that's fine, it simply demonstrates my point. You do not address a single quotation from the textbooks, but instead throw up inaccurate charges against the United States as a way of addressing the direct quotes of hate against Jews, gays, and non-Muslims. Ridiculous. And painfully transparent in your effort to distract from the hate preached in Saudi-Wahabist textbooks. No sale!

As much as you bleeding hearts amuse me, did you really read the islamic teachings? That wasn't what Christians or Jews were saying about Islam - that's what the Islamists were saying IS Islam!
If you compare what these paragraphs teach to recent history, no filters, and no excuses for anytone... it's a frighteningly close match. Simple, what they teach, compared to what they do. Leave any other clutter out of the equation, and it's quite simple what we can expect from them if allowed to convert more of the world.

Backbird: There are not plenty of fundamentalists quoting scriptures to kill gays, muslims or Jews. Christians run ministries to the Gays (not what a lot of Gays want, but no reports or hints that murders go on there) We are friends of Isreal more than most groups in the world, and we have many peaceful Muslims welcome in the US, as welcome as any other religion, if they'll live as peacefully as any other religion.
What we do shoot is murdering, terroristic killers. It's amazing how most of those seem to claim Islam as a reason for their crimes. Not all, by any means, but a scarily large number.
Oh, and before you quote our anti-sodomy laws, read a little. The courts threw them out. We may consider it in poor taste, but not worthy of death like the 'honor killings' happening in Islamic Sharia ruled lands.