"...all three religions have traversed periods of extremism, such as the Spanish Inquisition (Christianity) and, more recently, the fanatic Jewish settlers in Israel’s Occupied Territories whose religious claims to the land eschew the rights of others." That seems a little harsh on the Jews of Israel. Are you seriously comparing a virtual genocide in Spain to fighting terrorism in Israel? Jews in Israel who commit crimes face a court. The Inquisition was the court. The population of Muslims in Israel has steadily increased. The population of Jews in Spain was wiped out with the exception of the conversos. Israeli Arabs, Muslim or Christian, are free to hold jobs, buy land, vote, go to court all the rights of a Jewish Israeli or any other Israeli citizen. Jews are not permitted to walk or drive in some Arab cities of the "West Bank". They are not permitted to buy land in Hebron. Whose rights are eschewed? I don't think it's the "fanatic Jewish settlers".