Islam is Not a Religion of Peace

"it did provide a secular nation and rarely went to war with the west." That's my point exactly! Secularism is the best way to run a nation. What do you primarily see in the Islamic world? Theocracy. Their nations are wealthy because of exports of oil. In every other area they flounder because they put their faith in the Koran instead of science and ingenuity. Of course a secular Muslim empire did well. "Islam had also achieved unmatched advances in architecture, art, law, mathematics, and science." Unmatched a thousand years ago? What major university exists in the Islamic world today? Why talk about the golden age of Islam that existed a thousand years ago when people today are being murdered and tortured in the name of Islam? If any one group have contributed the most to science, it's the Jews. Something like a third of all Nobel Prizes have been to Jewish laureates. What group of people are the most vilified in Islam? Jews. Interesting coincidence. "jews went to Palestine and angered the regions resulting in the 6 days war." This is simply not true. After decades of tense relations, Egypt mobilized forces along the Israeli border, prompting Israel to strike Egyptian air force bases. Given the relationship of the nations at the time, as well as the high level of antisemitism in the area, Israel can hardly be blamed for starting the Six Day War. "American intervention in the middle east causing mujahideen to form becoming the known terrorist groups of today." Osama bin Laden said that he was prompted to coordinate the 9/11 terrorist attacks because of our presence in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. I'd like to put forward the radical notion that this is a poor reason to kill 3,000 innocent people. Does anyone seriously think that the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was justified? Whether or not there were WMDs involved, the US remembered the last time a genocidal dictator invaded his neighbors and no one put a stop to it. This had nothing to do with Imperialism. As for troops in Saudi Arabia, America maintains bases in many foreign countries! Bin Laden, devout Muslim that he was, was angered that infidels were stationed so close to Mecca. Which do you think is a more likely cause of Islamic extremism, the US having boots on the ground in the Middle East, or the legacy of conquest and violence left behind by the Prophet? "every single religion has "radicalism" from the christian crusaders and westboro church to christian persecution in japan." The Crusades were largely a response to centuries of hostility from the neighbors of the nations involved. Nobody denies every religion has it's wackos, but it is wildly disingenuous to compare a preacher who says homosexuality is bad, and a plethora of nations where it is legal to throw gays off of buildings. Or one Christian bombing of an abortion clinic that kills like, ten people, and whole nations that say you can beat a woman to death if she shows her face. Come on. This point deserves an Olympic Gold Medal in intellectual gymnastics. "Every single other religion has extreme notions where in the bible it says adultery should stoned" So... you're saying the horrors of the Koran, which are followed to the letter by hundreds of millions of people, should be allowed to exist because the Bible says regressive stuff too? What nation is actually following through with the Bible's commands? When was the last time someone who drew an unflattering picture of Moses got beheaded? "Just because you disagree with a countries laws or religious notions, it doesn't mean we should change them." Even if they're supporting a patriarchal theocracy? Even if they lead to the rape and murder and genital mutilation of millions of innocent people? Even if they acknowledge that the end of the world will mean it's redemption? Why not? Because that wouldn't be very tolerant of us? In your next argument, I'd like to hear you justify the quotes I offered. Do they have no effect on what Muslims do? Thank you.