The Quran is full of intolerant passages: “ Allah has sickened the hearts of disbelievers and increased their disease. He is a spiritual anti-doctor. 2:10”, “ Don’t bother warning the disbelievers. Allah has made it impossible for them to believe so that he can torture them forever after they die. 2:6–7”, “ Allah stamped wretchedness upon the Jews because they killed the prophets and disbelieved Allah’s revelations. 2:61”, “ Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael — then indeed, Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers. 2:98”, “And for the disbelievers is a painful punishment. 2:104” and there are 100’s of passages that follow suit. The Quran wants to cause harm to the non-believer; which is anyone that doesnt follow Islam.

Obama wouldnt condem Islam for certain attacks, that were recognizably religiously motivated, like Trump won’t condemn racists. Both did it in fear of losing potential voters. It should be about making a better society, not trying to maintain a base.

The ‘left’ has a regressive side where they condemn anyone that criticizes something. This is one of the reasons Trump got elected, because they are sick of political correctness and not being able to express opinions. The ‘right’ has a side, the alt right, that is racist, bigoted and discriminates others. The ‘right’ openly speaks up about Islam, but they discriminate instead of trying to reasonably bring up logical criticisms of a religion. Since atheist also speak out against Islam, they get clumped into the alt-right, which can be used to discredit their argument, even if they’re being logical. We need to be able to have a reasonable, non-argumentative discussion about Islam.

Moderate Muslims must address the issue at hand, and condemn the barbaric passages of the Quran, like moderate Christians have for the Bible. Until this happens, we will continue to see violence from Islam. This isn’t just extremists, its an entire ideology. How tolerant can we become before it becomes capitulation?