There are thousands of followers of Islam who do not beat their children to death, declare holy wars and only eat salt and vinegar. What the man in the article did was despicable, but it does not mean that every follower is like him.

What you really dislike, and so do I, are the extremists and the fundamentalists. But the family living next door shouldn’t be called monsters because of some crazy governments thousands of miles away.

Islam is not vile. The many governments who use misinterpretations of it as the basis for the dreadful things you mentioned above, are. It is perfectly reasonable to fear terrorist-based governments. It is not reasonable to call the family next door ‘monsters’ just because they believe in a god (illogical as that may be)in whose name terrible things have been done. If I killed 20 children in the name of atheism it would not make you a ‘monster’. If a country full of atheists killed a country full of children, that would not make athiesm ‘vile’.

Also; please do not attempt to discredit my argument by putting it down to brainwashing by Islamists.

However; most of the rest of your newspaper I agree wholeheartedly with.

Ergo, having a profound dislike for a religion can in no way be described as “racist”, although Islamists have speciously succeeded in convincing dupes like you that it is, in fact, “racist”.

Now, had you accused me of Islamophobia I would gladly plead guilty to the charge. It is perfectly reasonable to fear a religion which perpetuates fear, and would have the likes of me stoned to death or beheaded.

Islam’s intolerance of feminism, homosexuality, democracy, universal human rights, dogs, music, art, infidels and bacon-flavoured crisps – to name but a few – needs to be condemned without reservation, or recourse to cultural relativism.

I therefore make no apology whatsoever for describing it as “vile”.

Calling a religion ‘vile’ and ‘primitive’ is racism. Calling everyone who follows Islam a ‘monster’ is blatantly not true.

(For the record, I’m an athiest.)

So, where is your evidence?

Anyone who writes that has no right to criticize anything. Get off your high horse and lose the racism before you judge anyone.

The problem is, religion makes death seem less serious then it is. It is (more than likly) the end…nothing. But a religious farther believes he is punishing his child, but she will wake up after death in some new world, if she shouldn’t have been killed and he was wrong, and she was good. Then she would wake up in hevan. If she was bad, he was right to kill her and she will forever suffer in hell. And when he dies, if he was right to kill her he will be rewarded in the after life. If he was wrong, surly he can’t be punished as he fort he was acting out gods will.

Religion gives ppl to much comfert from the the things they do, people should not be able to hide behind there religion.