[Phil the anorak]

What I would say is that devotees of Islam are probably more serious about their religion than christians. We have a large islamic population in the UK and I'll bet there is more church attendance in islamic, sikh and hindu temples per head of population than anyone professing to be christian here.

In the countries where Islam is the predominant religion this probably means that we don't really understand why this is as we by and large don't live by the good book and as a result distrust anyone that does as some kind of real or potential religious maniac.

There is of course those that use Islam as a means of gaining power and not for the good of allah, just themselves.