After being more in touch with believers I can honestly say I'm not concerned with what holy books say but practical attitudes in real life.
I haven't read the Quran except for a few verses once in a while and my memory recalls lots of violence, but since almost no believers follow their book entirely I'm not concerned about what's written there. I don't know how many people really realize this but you can be a Muslim (or a Christian etc) and not cherry pick but instead theologically reject some verses for being violent. My Christians friends reject violent old testament verses because it contradicts the "Love They Neighbour" thing and since Jesus was the son of god he knows better than people before. This seems reasonable to me. As long as people support secularism, I will not care about any particular religion.
I haven't read the Quran except for a few verses once in a while and my memory recalls lots of violence, but since almost no believers follow their book entirely I'm not concerned about what's written there. I don't know how many people really realize this but you can be a Muslim (or a Christian etc) and not cherry pick but instead theologically reject some verses for being violent. My Christians friends reject violent old testament verses because it contradicts the "Love They Neighbour" thing and since Jesus was the son of god he knows better than people before. This seems reasonable to me. As long as people support secularism, I will not care about any particular religion.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
