text: Its not as simple as looking at the Doctrine of Islam... Have you had a look at the Old Testament, the cornerstone of Judaism and a big part of Christianity?   My favourite is when God ordered the last 2 tribes of Israel who had not yet found a home after 40 years of wandering in the desert, to exterminate the"peaceful.... people of Laisch" ..... alas, some took pity on these people, against God's wishes, and  were punished. Reading that caused me to turn my back on "organized religion".
  
  But  few people  subscribe  to such nonsense anymore within Judaism or Christianity...  within Islam there are  numerous elements who take primitive biblical nonsense seriously, and it seems to be far more prevalent than I had imagined...  I am possibly revising   my opinions based on the actions I  read about and the rationale advanced by those committing these acts of violence.