For the record, I have. let's just say the discussion got quite interesting.

Another friend is the headmistress of a private religious school in San Diego. She used to take her students to a large mosque there to discuss comparative religions. Well, one of her students flat out asked the imam if Islam taught that it was alright to kill him because he was Roman Catholic. The imam hemmed and hawed and then finally admitted that yes, the Koran stated that he could kill him, that it was permitted and even encouraged under the Koran. My friend no longer takes her students there. Period.

That wasn't an interpretation. He admitted that yes, the Koran flat out said that. Reading the Koran betrays a lot of these things: enslaving your enemy, taking his women and raping them (it does say that), etc. Read it. You'll see. These aren't interpretations. They are in black and white.

I also have to object to the moral relativism. Whether that was your intent or not, that's how I interpreted it. The New Testament doesn't encourage murder. Heck, Jesus looks like a '60s flower child compared to Mohammed. Neither do the teachings of Buddha. I could keep going. Neither are conquering religions. Islam is.