In reference to your answer given to the question “Did he not have rather negative feelings towards Islam?”, I would like to make a few points. Firstly, it is very clear by the language you use that you yourself are in fact not only biased against Islam, but seemingly not very educated about the religion at all. You use Churchill’s words to portray Islam as a violent and ‘toxic’ religion, and only encourage this negative stereotype. This is not what a teacher, as you say you are, should do. As a Jewish man who’s spent many of his times with Muslims, I can easily say that they are without a doubt some of the most tolerant and peaceful people on this earth, especially those who practice their faith correctly. You say you’re a historian? That’s shocking. Every legitimate historian knows that Islam freed inslaved women at the time of the Prophet Muhammad, and prohibited the killing of innocent women and children. The Constitution of Medina, which Muhammad himself composed, embraced the Jewish community as one with the Islamic community, and labeled the enemies of Judaism as the enemies of Islam, and that all Muslims should defend the Jews, and vice versa. This is the real Islam, not the phony ‘radicalist’ stereotype you and the Western media are imposing onto the public. The very fact that you judge the entire religion based on a minute percentage of extremists (that are present in every religion on this planet) shows your lack of understanding and reason. Should I then allow such organizations such as the Jewish Defense League and other Jewish terrorist groups to represent Judaism? Of course not. And you should do the same for Islam.
Reards,
Frank Rivlin