Is Islam more or less violent in Its teachings then other religions?

[abaris]

Well I'm going to have to go with more. Probably because, as opposed to other religions, it was founded by a warlord.

Merchant, not warlord. The warlord part only comes when after he went on his mission.

Society is what counts. These holy books all mirror the society they were created for. In the case of islam and judaism for that matter, we're talking about mostly tribal and in many cases nomadic societies fighting over waterholes and pastures. Both paternalistic male societies with polygamism to get as many children as possible, since they died off like flies.

As for being more violent, there's only a very thin layer of society preventing christian radicals from doing what their muslim brethren are doing. You only have to listen to some sermons calling for killing gays or putting women in their rightful places, collected by rightwing watch amongst others, to see that there isn't that much of a difference in spirit.

It's also in the writing. All the holy books contain enough passages to keep Ted Bundy inspired. But they also contain stuff that would appeal to Gandhi. The cherry picking is what counts.