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To your association of "right wing" with racists, there are also "left wing" racists too. The first association to racism shouldn't just be right wing. Pew Research is a respected polling organization associated with the Los Angeles Times. Left-wingers often accuse Rasmussen polls of being "right wing," but Pew doesn't have that reputation.

Like I wrote, there are secular and liberal Muslims who generally don't read the Quran, and if they do read the Quran, even fewer read the Hadith. But you can ask them what they believe about apostates. You can ask them if a Muslim converts to Christianity, Judaism or atheism, should that person be punished? Make sure to explain that you don't mean just in a Western country like the UK, but in a country like Pakistan or Egypt. You may be surprised by the answer.

The problem is that those words, those directives, are found in the Quran and the Hadith. About 90% of Muslims in the world are Sunni, which means that they are supposed to believe what's in the Hadith (Shia have their own Hadith). So as long as they believe in a literal interpretation of the Quran and read the Hadith, there will be radical Muslim terrorists.

There is a group called Reformed Islam, and notable members include Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, who are trying to spread a message of Quran-only, and a reading of the Quran that cherry-picks and keeps most of it in the 7th century, but his group isn't getting much traction. So for me, the answer is Reformed Islam or leaving Islam altogether.

Regarding the documentary, mothers have no authority in Islam, so a Christian mother would especially have no authority if the father is Muslim. Somalia was once a great country and the women were among the most beautiful in Africa. It was a popular vacation spot. Then the Marxists came in. They did some good things like increase literacy, but they also engaged in oppression. The Muslims rebelled and then there was a civil war. The Islamists won, and now Somalia is one of the worst places in Africa. They brought back slavery and piracy (Why do you think they did that? Answer: It's in the Quran and Hadith). It's a truly evil religion.