re: In your own words, describe your understanding of Islam.

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The application of their text in a literal fashion would surely justify it though.

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That's a HUGE distinction though. Pretty much the widest gulf in the world.

There aren't any rabbi preaching the slaughter of non-believers and conquering the world.

That's standard fare among imams though.

There's a fundamental difference between the two religions too - a major distinction you left out - Judaism is a tribal religion of one people. Yes it entailed war and slaughter in the defense of that tribe in the far distant past, but it never advocated proselytism much less world domination - which Islam does. Yet again, this is why I say that Islam is a violent political movement more than it is a religion. It's more like Trotskyist (Internationalist) Communism (though not its actual philosophy obviously) than Judiaism, Bhuddism, or Christianity.