None of the groups you mention tell their followers to HATE, SUBJUGATE, AND MURDER other people, Retaining_H2O.
Islam DOES.
The difference is HUGE.
Islam is no more the same as TRUE religions (i.e., those which support Christian values, including proper treatment of others, love of thy neighbor, honest business practices (Islam at least does THAT -- but ONLY when a Muslim is dealing with OTHER MUSLIMS), and compassionate treatment of children) -- than the MS-13 gang is the same as the Methodist Church (or as the Methodist Church used to be when I was a kid; it's changed badly since then, I hear).
The Eightfold Path consists of three categories: moral conduct, concentration, and wisdom:
Moral conduct consists of:
right speech (refraining from falsehood, malicious talk, and abusive language)
right action (refraining from stealing, killing, and unchastity)
right livelihood (earning a living through proper means, not killing living beings, making astrological forecasts, or practicing fortune-telling)5
Concentration consists of:
right effort (energetic will to prevent or get rid of evil and promote goodness)
right mindfulness (to be diligently aware, mindful, and attentive)
right concentration (to rid oneself of unwholesome thoughts and achieve pure equanimity and awareness)6
Wisdom consists of:
right thought (selflessness and detachment, universal thoughts of love and nonviolence)
right understanding (understanding of things as they are, a full understanding of the Four Noble Truths)
It's a big world, and there are millions of other people who are good neighbors who were raised in other religions. That's true even with Muslims, as I've said -- it's just that ISLAM ITSELF is filled with exhortations to hatred and violence against infidels (and so must be reformed or removed), while TRUE religions (my usage) instead foster love and honest, compassionate behavior.
None of the groups you mention tell their followers to HATE, SUBJUGATE, AND MURDER other people, Retaining_H2O.
Islam DOES.
The difference is HUGE.
Islam is no more the same as TRUE religions (i.e., those which support Christian values, including proper treatment of others, love of thy neighbor, honest business practices (Islam at least does THAT -- but ONLY when a Muslim is dealing with OTHER MUSLIMS), and compassionate treatment of children) -- than the MS-13 gang is the same as the Methodist Church (or as the Methodist Church used to be when I was a kid; it's changed badly since then, I hear).
An example:
The Eightfold Path, a central tenet in Buddhism: (from https://spice.fsi.stanford.edu/docs/introduction_to_buddhism -- emphasis added below)
It's a big world, and there are millions of other people who are good neighbors who were raised in other religions. That's true even with Muslims, as I've said -- it's just that ISLAM ITSELF is filled with exhortations to hatred and violence against infidels (and so must be reformed or removed), while TRUE religions (my usage) instead foster love and honest, compassionate behavior.