Prominent atheist author Richard Dawkins took to social media on Monday to explain that while Islam continues to uphold antiquated, violent punishments and preach about world domination, Christianity and Judaism have distanced themselves from such "Middle Ages" teachings.



"Laws designed for 7th-Century tribal desert society are not always well suited to modern conditions. Jews & Christians mostly realise this," Dawkins wrote in a Twitter post.



"Yes, Christianity & Judaism are every bit as stupid as Islam. But they don't preach world domination, theocratically imposed law, stoning, etc.," he added in a follow-up post. "And yes, Christianity and Judaism USED TO preach equally terrible things. But we live NOW, not in the Middle Ages. That's kind of relevant."



Dawkins frequently addresses Islam on his social media pages; in the wake of France's deadly terror attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January, he took to Twitter to proclaim that "all religions are not equally violent."



"They shouted 'We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad,'" Dawkins wrote of the Islamic extremists who killed 17 people. "Some useful idiot will claim it had nothing to do with religion."

