I have just read some of the most bigoted comments I have ever seen and I'm disappointed that they have appeared on this forum.
The Qur'an, the Torah, and the Bible could all be read and interpreted to mean anything under the guidance of the right person. You just need to read Leviticus to understand where the Christian fundamentalists gain their stance on homosexuality, where the Catholics get their views on sex, or where some other groups get their ideas about the foods they eat, or the clothes they wear.
Isolating Islam as a hateful religion is unnecessarily harsh and insulting to Muslims (and to anyone else with a respect for a person's religious beliefs, like myself).
Remember it is the PERSON that causes the terrorism not the religion. Do we blame Catholicism for Northern Ireland? How about blaming the Baptist denomination for the bigotry in the south of good 'ol USA?
Respect and understanding is what is needed, not blame and hate! And it is not a matter of political correctness. The Muslims I know are kind, loving and generous people.
To define Islam on the actions and words of Osama bin laden is as gross an indecency as defining Christianity on the actions and words of Hitler.
