IS: "Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting"

[Regina]

I think it's better to think of it as a spectrum, with ISIS at one end and secular non-practicing Muslims (yes, they do actually exist) at the other. They'll all "Muslim" though, none are more Muslim or less Muslim. There's no central authority in Islam (equivalent to the Christian Pope) to set the standard of what "a real Muslim is". If you're a peaceful Muslim, some Imam will represent you, if you're a violent Muslim, another Imam will represent you. The problem is every Imam seems to have their own views that indoctrinates their particular community of Muslims a little differently.

Even if you're going to argue that most Muslims are peaceful, the ideology isn't. I was saying this to my friend the other day, the problem is that the religion holds a lot of power while two dozen countries have it as an infallible state religion. It's a political ideology, and like any other political ideology people are going to disagree with it and flat out dislike it. I don't care if that's "offensive" to point that out. I have more sympathy with the unveiled women and gays who are publicly executed, than I have for the weak butthurt egos of Muslims who can't see why I'm pissed off about it. I'm unapologetic about that.