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Islam has been criticized for some time because of its demanding of strict submissiveness (especially of women), its suppression and violations of human rights (also including those of women), and its predisposition to being violent toward those of true religious faiths and attacking those faiths deemed a threat to Islam. There have been over 23,000 terrorist attacks committed by adherents of Islam since [[September 11, 2001 attacks|the Islamic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001]].<ref>http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/</ref> A more recent strain of Islam has combined European totalitarianism and a virulent [[anti-Semitism]]. This version is called [[Jihadism#Lesser jihad|lesser jihad]], [[Islamism]], radical Islam, or militant Islam. Without the historic institution of the Caliph, this form degenerates into stateless terrorist activity that strikes at the heart of civilized man. Some who identify as Muslim have denounced the violent jihadism while others remain silent. Some Muslims and non-Muslims theorize that mainstream Islam has become corrupted over the years that there needs to be an [[Islamic Reformation]] similar to that of the [[Protestant Reformation]].<ref>Michaelle Browers, Charles Kurzman. An Islamic Reformation? Lexington Books, 2004.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danielpipes.org/954/distinguishing-between-islam-and-islamism|title=Distinguishing between Islam and Islamism|author=Daniel Pipes|date=June 30, 1998}}</ref> The Reformation movements were costly and bloody for well over a century.

Islam has been criticized for some time because of its demanding of strict submissiveness (especially of women), its suppression and violations of human rights (also including those of women), and its predisposition to being violent toward those of true religious faiths and attacking those faiths deemed a threat to Islam. There have been over 23,000 terrorist attacks committed by adherents of Islam since [[September 11, 2001 attacks|the Islamic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001]].<ref>http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/</ref> A more recent strain of Islam has combined European totalitarianism and a virulent [[anti-Semitism]]. This version is called [[Jihadism#Lesser jihad|lesser jihad]], [[Islamism]], radical Islam, or militant Islam. Without the historic institution of the Caliph, this form degenerates into stateless terrorist activity that strikes at the heart of civilized man. Some who identify as Muslim have denounced the violent jihadism while others remain silent. Some Muslims and non-Muslims theorize that mainstream Islam has become corrupted over the years that there needs to be an [[Islamic Reformation]] similar to that of the [[Protestant Reformation]].<ref>Michaelle Browers, Charles Kurzman. An Islamic Reformation? Lexington Books, 2004.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danielpipes.org/954/distinguishing-between-islam-and-islamism|title=Distinguishing between Islam and Islamism|author=Daniel Pipes|date=June 30, 1998}}</ref> The Reformation movements were costly and bloody for well over a century.

[[Image:Mecca.jpg|thumb|left|[[Mecca]], one of the holy cities of Islam.]]

[[Image:Mecca.jpg|thumb|left|[[Mecca]], one of the holy cities of Islam.]]

There are small groups of largely Westernized Muslims who publicly reject Islamism. Such moderate Muslim conservatives are in the [[Republican Party]], known as the [[Muslim Republicans]].<ref>http://www.muslimrepublicans.net/</ref> One of America's Founding Fathers, [[Thomas Jefferson]], who was a religious [[libertarian]], declared: "''freedom for the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and the Mohammedan, the Hindu and infidel of every denomination''."<ref>John A. Garraty, Story of America Beginnings to 1877, (1992) Holt, Rinehart and Winston, pg 706.</ref>  

There are small groups of largely Westernized Muslims who publicly reject Islamism. Such moderate Muslim conservatives are in the [[Republican Party]], known as the [[Muslim Republicans]].<ref name="muslimrepublicans.net">http://www.muslimrepublicans.net/</ref> One of America's Founding Fathers, [[Thomas Jefferson]], who was a religious [[libertarian]], declared: "''freedom for the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and the Mohammedan, the Hindu and infidel of every denomination''."<ref>John A. Garraty, Story of America Beginnings to 1877, (1992) Holt, Rinehart and Winston, pg 706.</ref>  

Issues with Islam arose in the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign. Republican presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]] said that "''Radical, violent Islamists pose a threat to Americans and others around the world.''" and that "''they take a very different view of Islam than the Muslims I know.''" Romney said that when he lived in Detroit he knew Muslims, as Detroit has a large Muslim population, and says "''They are peace-loving and America-loving individuals. I believe that very sincerely. I believe people of the Islamic faith do not have to subscribe to the idea of radical, violent jihadism.''<ref>http://www.muslimrepublicans.net/</ref> Former Republican presidential nominee candidate [[Ron Paul]], a libertarian conservative, says that America should not fear Islam and said that America should just embrace people of all faiths.<ref>http://www.muslimrepublicans.net/</ref> American conservative author Margaret Hoover believes that the Republican Party needs to recognize Muslim Republicans, noting an example of Muslim Republican youth Suhail Khan who she describes as "''one of thousands of Muslim Americans who work to promote Christian-Muslim understanding''".<ref>Margaret Hoover, ''American Individualism: How a New Generation of Conservatives Can Save the Republican Party'', Random House Digital, Inc., 2011, pg 202.</ref> Candidates for the Republican nomination like [[Newt Gingrich]] and [[Rick Santorum]] strongly criticized Islamic extremism.<ref>http://www.muslimrepublicans.net/</ref>     

Issues with Islam arose in the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign. Republican presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]] said that "''Radical, violent Islamists pose a threat to Americans and others around the world.''" and that "''they take a very different view of Islam than the Muslims I know.''" Romney said that when he lived in Detroit he knew Muslims, as Detroit has a large Muslim population, and says "''They are peace-loving and America-loving individuals. I believe that very sincerely. I believe people of the Islamic faith do not have to subscribe to the idea of radical, violent jihadism.''<ref name="muslimrepublicans.net"/> Former Republican presidential nominee candidate [[Ron Paul]], a libertarian conservative, says that America should not fear Islam and said that America should just embrace people of all faiths.<ref name="muslimrepublicans.net"/> American conservative author Margaret Hoover believes that the Republican Party needs to recognize Muslim Republicans, noting an example of Muslim Republican youth Suhail Khan who she describes as "''one of thousands of Muslim Americans who work to promote Christian-Muslim understanding''".<ref>Margaret Hoover, ''American Individualism: How a New Generation of Conservatives Can Save the Republican Party'', Random House Digital, Inc., 2011, pg 202.</ref> Candidates for the Republican nomination like [[Newt Gingrich]] and [[Rick Santorum]] strongly criticized Islamic extremism.<ref name="muslimrepublicans.net"/>     

[[Multiculturalism|Multiculturalists]] ignore or minimize violence in the history of Islam and exaggerate Christian atrocities to advance a [[moral equivalence]]. Proponents of this view often cite the [[Crusades|Great Crusades]]--an unsuccessful attempt by Western Christians to retake parts of the [[Byzantine Empire]] that had been conquered by Islamic armies--and various religious wars which were later fought in Europe between branches of Christianity. However, they brand critics of Islam "racists" (even though Islam is not a "race") and "[[Islamophobia|Islamophobes]]" (a smear term invented for the purpose of censoring and silencing legitimate criticism of Islam) for exposing today's threats by [[jihadism|jihadists]].<ref>http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/charity.html</ref>

[[Multiculturalism|Multiculturalists]] ignore or minimize violence in the history of Islam and exaggerate Christian atrocities to advance a [[moral equivalence]]. Proponents of this view often cite the [[Crusades|Great Crusades]]--an unsuccessful attempt by Western Christians to retake parts of the [[Byzantine Empire]] that had been conquered by Islamic armies--and various religious wars which were later fought in Europe between branches of Christianity. However, they brand critics of Islam "racists" (even though Islam is not a "race") and "[[Islamophobia|Islamophobes]]" (a smear term invented for the purpose of censoring and silencing legitimate criticism of Islam) for exposing today's threats by [[jihadism|jihadists]].<ref>http://www.bcbsr.com/topics/charity.html</ref>

====Osama bin Laden and fundamentalists====

====Osama bin Laden and fundamentalists====

[[Osama bin Laden]], a follower of [[Wahhabism]], stated that Islam is at war with the United States and its allies. Some observers claim that the number of Islamic fundamentalists is growing and poses a threat to the West.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.danielpipes.org/255/islamic-fundamentalists-are-the-new-big-threat-to-the-west|title=Islamic Fundamentalists are the New Big Threat to the West|author=Daniel Pipes|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=Sept 16, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.city-journal.org/html/rev2006-06-04td.html|title=All or Nothing: The quest for a moderate Islam may be futile.|date=June 4, 2006|author=Theodore Dalrymple|newspaper=Cite Journal}}</ref> But other observers differentiate between conservative "fundamentalists" and the "extremists" who follow murderers such as bin Laden or other terrorists.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://townhall.com/columnists/dineshdsouza/2008/09/15/who_speaks_for_islam/page/full/|title=Who Speaks For Islam|author=Dinesh D'Souza|newspaper=Townhall|date=Sept 15, 2009}}</ref> In several major Islamic nations, bin Laden had the support of the majority of people in the early years after the 9/11 attacks. As he lost battles with the West and started to target fellow Muslims his popularity waned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewglobal.org/2012/04/30/on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda/|title=On Anniversary of bin Laden’s Death, Little Backing of al Qaeda|date=April 30, 2012|publisher=Pew Research Center}}</ref>

[[Osama bin Laden]], a follower of [[Wahhabism]], stated that Islam is at war with the United States and its allies. Some observers claim that the number of Islamic fundamentalists is growing and poses a threat to the West.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.danielpipes.org/255/islamic-fundamentalists-are-the-new-big-threat-to-the-west|title=Islamic Fundamentalists are the New Big Threat to the West|author=Daniel Pipes|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|date=Sept 16, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.city-journal.org/html/rev2006-06-04td.html|title=All or Nothing: The quest for a moderate Islam may be futile.|date=June 4, 2006|author=Theodore Dalrymple|newspaper=Cite Journal}}</ref> But other observers differentiate between conservative "fundamentalists" and the "extremists" who follow murderers such as bin Laden or other terrorists.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://townhall.com/columnists/dineshdsouza/2008/09/15/who_speaks_for_islam/page/full/|title=Who Speaks For Islam|author=Dinesh D'Souza|newspaper=Townhall|date=Sept 15, 2009}}</ref> In several major Islamic nations, bin Laden had the support of the majority of people in the early years after the 9/11 attacks. As he lost battles with the West and started to target fellow Muslims his popularity waned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewglobal.org/2012/04/30/on-anniversary-of-bin-ladens-death-little-backing-of-al-qaeda/|title=On Anniversary of bin Laden's Death, Little Backing of al Qaeda|date=April 30, 2012|publisher=Pew Research Center}}</ref>

===Islam and forced conversion===

===Islam and forced conversion===

*In 2008, in the U.K, Saeed Hashmi and Jan Yadgari, the owners of a restaurant, sold chocolate cake sprayed with human feces.<ref>https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/07/uk-muslim-who-sprayed-food-with-feces-and-urine-cant-be-deported</ref>

*In 2008, in the U.K, Saeed Hashmi and Jan Yadgari, the owners of a restaurant, sold chocolate cake sprayed with human feces.<ref>https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/07/uk-muslim-who-sprayed-food-with-feces-and-urine-cant-be-deported</ref>

*In 2015, a Pakistani Muslim owned restaurant in Britain by the name of "Khyber Pass Kebab" was found by health inspectors to be mixing feces in food given to customers. <ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3247526/Kebab-shop-owners-infected-150-customers-rare-form-food-poisoning-meals-contaminated-human-faeces.html</ref>

*In 2015, a Pakistani Muslim owned restaurant in Britain by the name of "Khyber Pass Kebab" was found by health inspectors to be mixing feces in food given to customers.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3247526/Kebab-shop-owners-infected-150-customers-rare-form-food-poisoning-meals-contaminated-human-faeces.html</ref>

*In July 2019, the local branch of ISIS in India planned to poison prasadam at a Hindu temple, to kill over 400 Hindu devotees. The suspects were arrested before they could do this.<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/terror-group-islamic-state-zakir-naik-mumbreshwar-temple-1573514-2019-07-25</ref>  

*In July 2019, the local branch of ISIS in India planned to poison prasadam at a Hindu temple, to kill over 400 Hindu devotees. The suspects were arrested before they could do this.<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/terror-group-islamic-state-zakir-naik-mumbreshwar-temple-1573514-2019-07-25</ref>  

*On March 19, 2021, two Muslim men by the names of Sabi Anwar and Ibrahim were caught on camera spitting on Rotis that they were preparing.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/2-staffers-held-for-spitting-on-rotis/article34103460.ece</ref>

*On March 19, 2021, two Muslim men by the names of Sabi Anwar and Ibrahim were caught on camera spitting on Rotis that they were preparing.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/2-staffers-held-for-spitting-on-rotis/article34103460.ece</ref>

*In September 2021, a Muslim owned company by the name of "iD Fresh Food" was found to be adding Cow Bones and Calf Rennet in Idli and Dosa Batter. <ref>https://twitter.com/RUDRANofficial/status/1434533101821063170</ref> <ref>https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/iD-Fresh-Food-raises-Rs-35-crore-in-first-round-of-funding/article20900998.ece</ref>

*In September 2021, a Muslim owned company by the name of "iD Fresh Food" was found to be adding Cow Bones and Calf Rennet in Idli and Dosa Batter.<ref>https://twitter.com/RUDRANofficial/status/1434533101821063170</ref><ref>https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/iD-Fresh-Food-raises-Rs-35-crore-in-first-round-of-funding/article20900998.ece</ref>

*In October 2021, a Muslim by the name of Tamizuddin was caught on camera spitting on rotis while working at a Dhaba in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.<ref>https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/watch-man-spits-on-tandoori-roti-while-cooking-in-ghaziabad-dhaba-arrested-4335503.html</ref>

*In October 2021, a Muslim by the name of Tamizuddin was caught on camera spitting on rotis while working at a Dhaba in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.<ref>https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/watch-man-spits-on-tandoori-roti-while-cooking-in-ghaziabad-dhaba-arrested-4335503.html</ref>

[[File:Sharia.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Muslim woman tortured under Sharia law.]]

[[File:Sharia.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Muslim woman tortured under Sharia law.]]

Women in Islam are treated as inferiors to men in almost every regard and women's rights are all but non-existent in Islam, a fact conveniently ignored by the ideology's liberal allies (including in [[feminism]] and the [[mainstream media]]). In [[Sharia]], the testimony of one man equals that of five women. Women are required to cover the head and body in public, by wearing the hijab.  Hijab is applied in different ways: a small scarf around the head and western street clothes may be acceptable in Cairo or Damascus but a full length opaque [[burqa]] was enforced in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. As of 2008, [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Iran]], and [[Pakistan]] are the most significant Middle Eastern countries where the government requires women to wear some form of restrictive garb, though cultural pressure in most Islamic countries offers women little choice but to submit to the dictat of hijab. Women who are claimed by their husbands or family to have disgraced their family are put to death in "[[honor killing]]s"; buried halfway or sometimes up to their neck so they cannot run, women, who are in most cases victims, are stoned to death.

Women in Islam are treated as inferiors to men in almost every regard and women's rights are all but non-existent in Islam, a fact conveniently ignored by the ideology's liberal allies (including in [[feminism]] and the [[mainstream media]]). In [[Sharia]], the testimony of one man equals that of five women. Women are required to cover the head and body in public, by wearing the hijab.  Hijab is applied in different ways: a small scarf around the head and western street clothes may be acceptable in Cairo or Damascus but a full-length opaque [[burqa]] was enforced in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. As of 2008, [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Iran]], and [[Pakistan]] are the most significant Middle Eastern countries where the government requires women to wear some form of restrictive garb, though cultural pressure in most Islamic countries offers women little choice but to submit to the dictat of hijab. Women who are claimed by their husbands or family to have disgraced their family are put to death in "[[honor killing]]s"; buried halfway or sometimes up to their neck so they cannot run, women, who are in most cases victims, are stoned to death.

====Honor killings====

====Honor killings====

==[[Taqiyya]]==

==[[Taqiyya]]==

'''[[Taqiyya]]''' (al-Taqiyya, also spelled Al-Takeyya) is a concept in ([[Shia]]) [[Islam]]<ref>"Taqiyah" Oxford Dictionary of Islam. John L. Esposito, Ed. Oxford University Press. 2003. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed 9 June 2006.</ref> of deception (- of the "infidel").<ref>[https://www.meforum.org/2095/islams-doctrines-of-deception Islam's doctrines of deception]. By Raymond Ibrahim.

'''[[Taqiyya]]''' (al-Taqiyya, also spelled Al-Takeyya) is a concept in ([[Shia]]) Islam<ref>"Taqiyah" Oxford Dictionary of Islam. John L. Esposito, Ed. Oxford University Press. 2003. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed 9 June 2006.</ref> of deception (- of the "infidel").<ref>[https://www.meforum.org/2095/islams-doctrines-of-deception Islam's doctrines of deception]. By Raymond Ibrahim.

Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst.

Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst.

October 2008.</ref><ref>Carol, S. (2019). [https://books.google.com/books?id=trqzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT337 Understanding the Volatile and Dangerous Middle East: A Comprehensive Analysis]. United States: iUniverse.

October 2008.</ref><ref>Carol, S. (2019). [https://books.google.com/books?id=trqzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT337 Understanding the Volatile and Dangerous Middle East: A Comprehensive Analysis]. United States: iUniverse.