[[Image:NPS 9-11.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[September 11, 2001 attacks]] killed many people. In sura 8:12, Qur'an tells to "'''cast terror''' into the hearts of those who disbelieve".<ref name=ThereligionofpeaceViolence>[http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/023-violence.htm What does the Religion of Peace Teach About...: Violence] ''Thereligionofpeace.com''</ref>]]
'''[[Islam ]] has been criticized''' not only by non-Muslims, but also by Muslim intellectuals, academics and activists.
==Human rights==
Human rights is a serious issue in Islamic states. According to Leo Igwe, head of the Nigerian Skeptics Society, Islam is inherently opposed to human dignity, justice and equality. Human rights violations in [[Nigeria]] started after Islam was introduced in the country. Human rights violations in Islamic regimes include torture, maiming, murder, oppression of women, minors and financially backward people. Freedom of religion has no place in [[Sharia]].<ref>[http://www.islam-watch.org/Others/Sharia-and-Human-Rights-in-Nigeria.htm Sharia and Human Rights in Nigeria] ''Islam Watch''</ref> After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the new [[Iran]]ian regime showed hostility to human rights. Non-Muslims, who were opposed to the new regime, were often persecuted.<ref>[http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t236/e0325 Human Rights] ''Oxford Islamic Studies Online''</ref> Ann Elizabeth Mayer, legal expert at the Wharton School, describing the character of Islamic regimes writes:<ref>[http://www.danielpipes.org/article/534 Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics]</ref>
{{cquote|They accord priority to rationalizing governmental repression, protecting and promoting social cohesion, and perpetuating traditional hierarchies in society, which means discriminatory treatment of women and non-Muslims.}}
[[Muhammad]], the founder of Islam, traded and owned slaves.<ref>http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/015-slavery.htm</ref>
==Sharia==
{{cquote|Beyond extremists and Islamist terrorism at the global level, the root of evil is inherent in a physiologically violent and historically conflictual Islam.}}
According to Allam, this religion ideology is characterized by "hate and intolerance".<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3606109.ece Pope converts outspoken Muslim who condemned ‘religion of hate’] ''Times Online''</ref>
=="Islam wants to take over the world"==
According to [[Conservative]] [[United States of America|American]] [[evangelist]] [[Pat Robertson]], the goal of Islam is world domination. He said "Islam wants to take over the world and is not a religion of peace". Robertson described radical Muslims as "satanic".<ref>[httphttps://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=693718&contrassID=1&subContrassID=1 Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson calls radical Muslims 'satanic'] ''Haaretz.com''</ref>
==Terrorism==
Muslims differentiated themselves from Islamic terrorist organizations with the claim Islam "promotes peace". But critics proved that Islam promotes terrorism.<ref name=Theskepticalreview>[http://www.theskepticalreview.com/tsrmag/016front.html The Real Culprit]''Theskepticalreview.com''</ref> James M. Arlandson, Ph.D., writes:<ref name=AmericanThinker>[https://www.americanthinker.com/2005/04/did_jesus_or_muhammad_wield_th.html Did Jesus or Muhammad wield the sword or did both?] ''American Thinker''</ref>{{cquote|In sura truth, the Muslim apologists who say that Islam is the religion of peace are misleading the public.}} In Sura 8:12, the [[Qur'anKoran]] says to those willing to impose their religious ideological belief on others, "I '''will cast terror''' into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them."<ref name=ThereligionofpeaceViolence>[http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/023-violence.htm What does the Religion of Peace Teach About...: Violence] ''Thereligionofpeace.com''</ref> Sura 9:5 says of non-Muslims, "So when the sacred months have passed, '''slay the idolaters''', wherever you find them, and '''take them captive''' and '''besiege them''' and lie in wait for them in every ambush".<ref name=Theskepticalreview/> Sura 8:60 states, "And prepare against them what force you can and horses tied at the frontier, to '''terrorize''' thereby the enemy of Allah..."<ref>[http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/quran_teaches.htm Quran Teaches]''FaithFreedom.org''</ref> ==Conservative Critics==Major conservative critics include [[Daniel Pipes]] and [[Robert Spencer]]. Pipes argues that "radical Islam is the problem, moderate Islam is the solution."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/1862 |title=Radical Islam the problem, moderate the solution, says Pipes|author=Frances Kraft|publisher=Campus Watch|date=April 6, 2005}}</ref> Spencer is skeptical that a moderate Islam can be established and sustained.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://frontpagemag.com/2010/03/17/is-there-a-moderate-islam/ |title=Is There a Moderate Islam?|author=Robert Spencer|date=Mar 17, 2010|publisher=Front Page Magazine}}</ref> In contrast to the critics, [[Dinesh D'Souza]] defends Islamic fundamentalists and claims that they are "conservatives" who are legitimately appalled over the decadence and degradation of modern culture,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/articles/211372/land-free/dinesh-dsouza |title=Land of The Free|author=Dinesh D’Souza|July 2, 2004|publisher=National Review Online}}</ref> even though adherents of Islam have ironically allied themselves with the Left to advance their ideology, and the Left (particularly in politics, the courts, [[mainstream media|the media]] and academia) have willingly taken Islam as one of their [[sacred cow]]s. ==Islam about Jews and Christians==Qur'an (5:51) - "O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people."<ref>http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/009-friends-with-christians-jews.htm</ref>
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