Muslim majority Tajikistan bans Hijab.

Not at all. Christians have killed more people in the name of christ than any other religion. It matters not a jot what the good book says when you use it as an excuse to slaughter.

I just hate hypocrisy when it inevitably rears it's ugly head in discussions of how evil Islam is.

But Christians haven't - you just don't know anything about the history of Islam so you think Christianity did all the bad things.

Islam spread mostly by war - trade came second to military conquests. The initial spread of Islam out of Arabia was done mainly at sword point. James Buchan says that "In speed and extent, the first Arab conquests were matched only by those of Alexander the Great, and they were more lasting."

Did you know that when taking over India, the Muslim invaders killed up to 200 million Indians? The "peace" that Islam talks about is the same as "Pax Romana", ie, peace because you have crushed anyone who disagrees with you.

And meanwhile, I notice that you have very carefully avoided dealing with the real point here, which is not that individuals do bad things in the name of any ideology (I think we all agree on that) but that some ideologies are inherently more violent than others.

So are you going to comment on the comparison I gave you of how Mohammed taught his followers they should deal with an adulterous woman compared how Jesus did, or are you just going to keep on with the fingers in your ears "I can't HEAR you" approach?

I don't know and it's not relevant because in Christian religions, what Jesus said supersedes anything in the old testament.

The thing with homosexuality is that Jesus didn't say anything about it, so the fundies can go to the old testament and take what they like from it. But that isn't Jesus' fault - even the son of god is apparently not infallible, LOL. He just didn't think of it perhaps.

But where he did say something, then what he said can't be cancelled out by the OT, not even for the fundies.

So, women caught in adultery can be stoned in Islam because Mohammed did so himself - and this was him being "merciful"! - whereas Jesus told her to go and sin no more.

Oh wait, no - the Muslim woman came herself and asked to be purified. The other woman was caught. So much for being sorry in Islam.

Personally, I think someone has to have something wrong with them if they think those are equally bad teachings.

So are you going to comment on the comparison I gave you of how Mohammed taught his followers they should deal with an adulterous woman compared how Jesus did, or are you just going to keep on with the fingers in your ears "I can't HEAR you" approach?

So the latter then? Okay.

Typical rightie denial. Uganda has a 13% Muslim population and recently brought in some of the harshed penalties against homosexuals, including the death penalty Thanks to the support of American Christian groups. Can't blame the Muslims for that one unfortunately.

Its scary the lengths lefties will go with lies to deny reality.

One religion kills gays.

One religion doesn't kill gays but thinks it's bad.

Both of these are the same thing apparently.

Jesus prisons would be full if thinking something bad was the same as doing something bad.

We will agree to disagree on that.

Why dont you comment on the largely Christian country having the death penalty for homosexuals?

Uganda has no official state religion, and its constitution doesn't allow it to have one. So its laws are NOT based on one particular religion, still less on Christianity.

Try again with a country where christianity is a state religion? Denmark maybe? Norway? the UK?

The irony is those who think the ban is a good thing probably see themselves as liberal and tolerant people and agree with the ban because it goes against religion which they disagree with.

I'm sure most religious extremists are also equally tolerant of those who share their viewpoint.

No religion kills gays. some countries do.

Ridiculous.

Uganda fits all the criteria as a failed state, that law is disgusting but is hardly something that can be solely credited to the influence of Christianity alone.

I think you know you're reaching here. We all know Islams attitudes to many things we take for granted in the West is to move backwards socially.

You can disagree with my centerism if you like, to you everyone is a fascist.

Mmm. Could well be why he avoided the subject. 😁

Tbh, I honestly don't know. I know women and girls who say they choose to wear them, some I believe, others I'm not so sure.

I don't believe anyone should be forced into something they don't wish to do, and I don't think any government should get to decide what clothes people do or do not wear.

Religion has a long proud history of killing those who disagree with it. That's all religions. Religion is the root of much of the evil in the world (evil is a uniquely religious term so as an atheist I make the rare exception of using it here).

Anyone who is an apologist for any religions vile acts of oppression is in deep deep denial.

Did you not hear of the abortion doctors in America under constant threat of violence from fundi's, and maybe you forget the ones who were murdered by fundi's.

Most Muslim women choose to wear headscarves even without threat of any punishment. I find it somewhat bizarre but it's absolutely the case.

I also find it bizarre that many fundi women wear headscarves, and there are the many Jewish women who follow religious dress codes. All out of choice. What about those **** nuns.

Gosh it's a shame the Iranian Mullahs and Saudi clerics don't talk to you - here they are imprisoning and murdering women for refusing to wear veils, or even for not wearing the veil "modestly" enough - and all they had to do was just leave it to the women and they'd have done it all by themselves! If only you'd told them that! 🙄