I understand what you are saying, but I respond to that by saying that it's not the fault of Islam itself, but how people twist it or implement it. As has been said, there are many Muslims who denounce these actions and laws. As I've pointed out, Christians and Jews could just as easily decide "Hey, let's have laws killing all the gay people" or what have you just based on what's in the Bible. I'm sure there are lots of historical reasons why certain countries have implemented Islam in this way. For instance, European colonialism and influence. Once the Europeans moved out of certain areas, they left power vacuums, and the way some people filled them was to take a religion common to the area and use it to set up a government. In order to keep that government in power, the most extreme interpretations were necessary to keep people oppressed and in fear. This is just one possible explanation, but like I said before, Nazi Germany had control over most of Europe, and that was largely justified by Christianity. Jews AND gays were in those ovens. For that matter, have you looked at some of the old literature about why killing and oppressing non-Christian natives was okay for Europeans to do? The natives were heathens and thus not subject to basic human civility. Ask Native Americans, or anyone from a country that was part of the British, German, or French Empires. Ask people who justified slavery based on an obscure passage in the Bible. Who are the ones going around bombing abortion clinics? But we're not throwing Christianity out with the bathwater, are we? ANY religion can be used in this way. I have yet to see any strong evidence that suggests to me that Islam itself is the true blame for these problems. And a map of countries that kill gay people is not enough, because like I said, that's just how some people choose to interpret or misappropriate the religion. And just so you know, technically in many US states, sodomy is illegal. Sure, we're not killing gays, but it would not surprise me at all if there weren't Christians who felt that they should be. They just don't happen to be in power.
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