[Amorok]

I've read it, although admittedly not in it's entirety and you couldn't call it studying. However, how do you judge the Hell's Angels? By the actions they're most widely known for. Same thing for Islam. Not all Islamic people are bad, in fact most of them are decent people, but they subscribe to a religion that very much lends itself to unseemly labels. Christianity has that kind of history too, but not in the last few generations, whereas Islam has and continues to support killing in the name of Allah. It began in conflict and nothing has changed in it's entire legacy. It's not a religion of peace, it's a religion of intolerance. And things won't be peaceful if everyone converts, because with the absence of infidels to exterminate the Sunni/Shiite smackdown will begin, all over who Muhammad's successor was supposed to be. Defend the people and the believers who are decent, but don't try to defend the religion. No religion is worth defending really, but the leadership of Islam in several countries has pretty glaringly proven that they really don't want any of the peace or enlightenment their religion could offer. You judge a tree by it's fruit, and there is a lot of fruit in the last ten years to show what Islam should be judged by.