>> "I could try and explain"
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>> No, I can't explain religion either. You obviously get it, but I don't - although
>> I can, from a biological point of view, see why it might have evolved.
FWIW I've no time for religion and certainly don't believe in any of the sky fairies myself. I will not however dismiss a creed that guides a massive chunk of the world's population as vile or medieval.
Islam's underlying creed is not that different to Christianity. Like Christianity it's easily harnessed to justify war of one form or another by people who's real motivations are suspect. I'ts observance or variants upon it , eg Shia/Sunni, is often a defining characteristic between people in conflict. But of course that's not unique to Islam either as exemplified by differing versions of Christianity defining who you are in the North of Ireland.
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