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or for any other religion. People take things, good and bad, from religions, and the actions that result can be good or evil.
One constant, though, is that hatreds - Muslims for non-Muslims, non-Muslims for Muslims - eventually become indistinguishable from one another. The preaching of some Islamic extremists make a fool think that the death of Theo van Gogh would be justified; the preaching of some Jewish extremists make a fool think that the deaths of Mohammed Mansour, Bassem Tuwafshe, Khalil Alulwil, and Osama Tuwafshe (ever hear of them?) would be justiified; the preaching of Christian extremists make fools think that the deaths of innocent Muslims in Iraq are justified.
Hate is hate. Some Muslims hate you: you hate all Muslims. You get points for a lack of direct violence, but I can't see much difference in the principle.
