Moderate Islam?

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given the historical background where the muslims had always given respect to the jews,

I agree to most of your points but this, I have to intervene..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bani_Qurayza

funny the muslims stole their laws from the christians, the christians from the jews, and the jews stole from the egyptian

Not just egyptians but Persians and Sumerians also..

I hadn't seen that before Annatar! But you couldn't really say from that story that it represented muslim bias against some jews as a whole, if anything it shows willingness for justice on the part of muslims that they allowed the condemned jews- traitors I should point out- to pick their own judge. In fact the story, even up to the leaders death, shows that those jews were keen to make a political statement out of it, which reminded me so much of the zionist rhetoric i'm always hearing in regards to israel and jewish unity.

Still regardless of that story from the early AD's, it doesnt change my mind that muslims have historically shown a great deal of respect for other cultures and religions including jews, and that story doesn't change anything in my opinion. Compare the incident to what christians were doing a little after that time when they came to power in Rome; murdering pagans, destroying ancient temples and the brutal murder of Hypatia of Alexandria. Try and find an example of muslims desecrating temples or massacring people because of religious differences from that time, I bet you can't