Reply #3: Depends on your definition of violence. [View All]

[ultramega]

Genital infibulation, honor killings, total denial of civil rights to women, death for adultery. And I'm not interested in what the Qu'ran says vs. how it is abused, just as I don't separate what the bible says from what fundies do.

"people have been getting poorer and more oppressed" in the 3rd world thanks in no small part to the U.S. but this condition has been interpreted by feminism to illustrate that when men lose control of their own place they will bond together to tyranically control the women in their society. I fail to see how one could be more "oppressed" than a Muslim woman, and I am ruling death out of the equation.

It can't be denied that Islam is exploding, and it isn't a good thing. Human beings in unstable societies look for a refuge from the mental strain of trying to understand what can't be made sense of, and Islam, like Christianity, gives them all the answers (although the wrong ones) and to boot, a sense of superiority over other religions. (But all religions pretty much do that; it should be the basic definition of religion)

It's very possible that Islam could be the next Christianity, not because of it's appeal, but because the women are forced to breed and on average have at least twice as many kids as do free women. The sperm wars are alive and well despite how enlightened humanity thinks itself.