Christianity is more peaceful than Islam

Welp, looks like my opponent mostly only focused on one point I made and didn't address the rest of the evidence I put forth. I must admit I'm a bit disappointed with his rebuttal. regardless, I will address his points and add a few of my own. I will also provide the sources he wants despite the fact that my "assertions" are fairly common knowledge that do not require detailed sources to back them up. Now when I put forth the evidence that most Muslim countries were failed states, my opponent immediately jumped to Qatar and Kuwait as well as the U.A.E. to rebut my claim. I will concede that these countries are not failed states. However, I clearly stated that NEARLY ALL Muslim countries were failed states. I have a few statistics of my own to share. Syria = primarily muslim failed state Iraq = primarily muslim failed state Yemen = primarily muslim failed state Libya = primarily muslim failed state Somalia = primarily muslim failed state Eritria = primarily muslim failed state Sudan = primarily muslim failed state Afghanistan = primarily muslim failed state Chad = primarily muslim failed state out of 22 arab nations, Id say about 18 of them are fragile or impoverished. of the 20 top countries of the fragile states index, 9 were primarily Muslim countries. now you can hang on to the nations you mentioned claiming that they are an example of how Islam is prosperous but the truth is that those nations are rich because they have a secular government and no official state religion. Also, those countries benefit from their natural resources which make them rich off of western investment, not hard work. Countries like the U.S. and Canada became prosperous off of their own labor. The simple and irrefutable truth is that the majority of Muslim nations are in fact impoverished, ravaged by war, and a breeding ground for Islamic extremists who blame the west for problems that were very much their own. Id also like to provide Con with some sources to my previous "assertions" History of Islam: https://en.wikipedia.org... History of Christianity: https://en.wikipedia.org... Violent verses of the Koran: quran.com criticisms of Mohammed: http://www.4truth.net... List of differences between Islam and Christianity: www.thereligionofpeace.com/.../Jesus-Muhammad.htm That should do it With that rebuttal out of the way, Id like to raise a few more points to con. As well as being an imperialistic and hateful religion by nature, Islam has many critics over its abuses of womens rights and religious/cultural tolerance. On the women s rights front, it is very well known that women in the Islamic world are among the most suppressed and underprivileged females in the world. From a young age, Muslim women (known as Muslimas in Arabic) are forced to wear a garment known as a Hijab that covers their hair and makes them "modest." More zealous nations such as Saudi Arabia and Iran force women to wear the much more uncomfortable and covering Niqab and Burqa, both of which cover the entire face and body of the woman. The reasons for these coverings are so that Women may remain "modest" in the presence of men as they may think lustful thoughts if the women are not completely covered. Now this raises a logical inconstancy in the practice. Rather than be forced to cover up, more liberal cultures would swap out the veil for a new style of teaching that taught men that women should wear what they like without fear of sexual advance. Rather than cover up women 24/7, Muslim men should be able to look at a Muslim woman and not feel lust for them. However, this is not the case. Another criticism of Islam is its widespread plauge of sexual and physical violence against women. In Egypt, 92 percent of women ages 15-49 have been subject to the torturous procedure of female genital mutilation, which I will not describe in detail as it is very disturbing. This crime is not limited to Egypt. Significant portions of women all over the Muslim world have been subject to this painful and usually botched procedure. (http://www.stopfgmmideast.org...) The Koran also preaches that husbands may beat disobedient wives. Qur'an (4:34) "Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great." Qur'an (38:44) - "And take in your hand a green branch and beat her with it, and do not break your oath..." Allah telling Job to beat his wife This simple fact shows that in the area of Women's rights, Islam lacks the basic elements with which a woman may call herself "free". Now, lets contrast this view with Christian treatment of wives. In Judeo-Christian traditions, women are not required to wear any sort of veil or cover up in public because these religions expect their men to be able to control their desires out of love for god and respect for the woman. The Bible also preaches that men should love and respect their wives as the two, husband and wife, become one flesh upon marrying. (Mark 10:8). Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her (Eph. 5:25) In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. (Eph. 5:28) In the end, we can conclude that on the subject of women's rights, Christianity wins out as the more liberal and progressive ideology for feminism. Women's rights is not the only category where Christianity trumps Islam. In the treatment of minorities, Christianity proves to be far more accepting and mindful of other cultures than Islam. When Islamic armies would invade or conquer a province, they would rape the women, force the men into slavery and force them to pay a special tax called the jizya which among other things, funded Islamic warriors fighting their countrymen. Essentially, Muslim armies forced their enemies to dig their own graves. Even today, we see this resentful treatment of minorities persist in nations such as Iran, Syria, Iraq, etc. where Muslims have become the majority and are free to oppress and mistreat minorities. There are several Christian nations in which there are many more Christians than Muslims. A notable example of one of these countries is Uganda. In Uganda, Christians make up 88 percent of the population where as Muslims make up about 11.9 percent (https://en.wikipedia.org...) Uganda is also a very poor country that is usually likened to Syria and Iraq, which are plagued by instability as well. However, there is a large difference between religious violence in Uganda vs Syria. In Syria, the Christian minority is rounded up and murdered by Islamic extremists with no government to keep them in check. With this in mind, we would expect Ugandan Christians to rape and murder Muslims as well. However, in such circumstances, the Christian majority in Uganda does not mistreat the Muslim minority while their counterparts in Syria slaughter Christians in droves. The circumstances in both countries are the same, but the religions and teachings are different. Even in circumstances like war torn Syria, Ugandan Christians exercise the love and peace taught to them in the bible despite there being no force to stop them should they want to kill Muslims. In fact, the only religious violence that occurs in Uganda is the Muslim MINORITY kidnapping christian girls and force converting them. http://dash.harvard.edu... http://www.washingtontimes.com... I await my opponents responses to these points and hope he will offer some of his own.