[Drew]

Originally Posted by Chango

So you've actually read the quran, and not just a website with passages from it?

Indeed. I also took two courses at university in Islamic Studies.

We used this series of textbooks (ridiculously biased in my opinion, it's irresponsible for an instructor to utilize a textbook about a religion which was written by someone who practices it actively, no objectivity):

[img]http://www.simplyislam.com/images/dbase/1699.jpg[/img]

Was more like a year-long attempt at conversion...

Anyway, I also was require to read several large chunks of the Qu'ran for my studies. I'm not going to sit here and tell you I read every passage, but I've read a great deal of it and plenty to know that violence is a recurring theme throughout. If you're interested, I can also refer you to an online translation of the Qu'ran which was suggested by my instructor for people who didn't purchase a Qu'ran prior to taking the course.