islam by its very nature does oppress.

Submitted by Phil Greend (Canada), Dec 29, 2009 at 04:31

There are clear rules set out in the islamic holy book the koran. This book is designed to control and abuse everyone, non muslims mostly, but also muslims.

So it is of little surprise that non muslims are treated poorly in muslim controled countries.

The koran demands death for anyone who wishes to leave islam. The value of a womans word is one half that of a man. It requires you to pray 5 times a day each and everyday or else. The koran states that children and women are property.

That is how they treat their own people. So non muslims are treated even more harshly.

Even in countries that do not have a muslim majority, there are islamists who are treating non muslims in a cruel fashion. We look to Sweden, France and England to see actions of the muslim minority acting poorly towards the non muslim majority. ( if this is how they act now, how will they act when their numbers are at 25 % of the population).

I envision countries that have the muslim population grow to a higher percent, will see the non muslims being treated just as bad as they are in fully islamic countries.

If you take the time to look at each and every muslim country, you see vicious treatment of non muslims

It is not radical islam or extremist islam , it is just plain islam that oppresses people..

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