Islam: Harmless Cab Drivers or PURE EVIL?

[Stabby]

I was just wondering what some of the opinons regarding the Islam religion were around here. Remeber, I'm not spouting "my country right or wrong" or any other patriotic bumper sticker bullshit I just want to express some opinions and hear others.

Some friends and I were discussing it at a bar the other night. I don't think it is EVIL but I have no respect for it. (I have no repsect for any religion either though.) But it seems after 9/11 we are supposed to be extra sensitive to Muslims. We say that the terrorists are just Muslim extremists and that most in the Muslim world don't support them. Well all I know is the most popular name for a kid in Pakistan after 9/11 was Osama. And the terrosists don't seem to be a fringe minority.

At least Christianity went through a renaissance, but it seems the Muslim world is still in the dark ages. They still stone women to death for stupid things like having sex outside of marriage. Why should I have to respect that and pretend that it's really 'a very peaceful religion'? All I know is I don't have much respect for ignorance, especially when it can get me killed.

It's very PC to try to be open minded about the Islamic faith, and there's nothing more politically correct than pretending religion is always a good thing. But underneath the 'War on Terror' it seems that we are also fighting a War on Islam.

Thoughts?