re: #778 Spare O’Lake

If by “at a less advanced stage” you mean “hopelessly stuck in the Dark Ages in accordance with Islamic religious teachings” then I agree with you. You should consider reading Irshad Manji’s “The Trouble With Islam” and/or Tarek Fatah’s “Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State”.

Right, but this doesn’t change the fact that there are plenty of Muslims out there who are perfectly normal and reasonable people (by our standards, of course). Hence, consider replacing “radical Islam” with “violent religious extremism”.