You misinterpret. And just cuss, for godssakes. Looks 12 year old ish when you don't.
Islam is to blame. Like most religious texts (and I won't mention another one in particular since it makes everyone so angry) it leaves interpretation up to the reader. It's not Protestant in that regard (because official bodies dictate what is right) but it's just as flawed as any religion. The dictates, however you read them, of some merchant living in 700 AD determines how you should live today in 2015, with technologies and political realities even the most insightful Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and Merciful be his name, couldn't have imagined. I find this highly flawed, but, for whatever reasons (often lacking any reason), others find this sufficient.
I provided a day or two ago a geographical explanation (and if you're not aware, geography is the root of history, cultures, economies, and peoples, etc.) as to why Christianity ultimately was able to pursue a much more peaceful path than Islam. At the time I may have said it had nothing to do with ideology (I can't remember), but, if so, I was wrong. It does have a lot to do with ideology (and geography). The emphasis on the individual in Christianity, in particular Protestantism (which is probably fueled by Western Europe's relative geographical security, in particular Great Britain, when ZZZ Germans weren't acting up) fuels emphasis on valuing the individual (and it's no coincidence, as such, that capitalism, which is generally a good thing, springs from this root).
At this point, which is early modern to modern Europe (1600s - present), the Crusades were over, Europe was relatively preserved from outside invasion after ethnic groups finally formed coherent and powerful enough blocs (although obviously not preventing internal wars) and liberalism (which Christianity, at least Protestant versions, believe it or not, actually influences). A free-times, feel-good Jesus, who just wants everyone to love one another (as opposed to medieval Jesus, who wants to conquer the world - think geography and border security) was allowed to finally flourish.
Not so in the Greater Middle East. And it never will be. Geography has not blessed that part of the world. Open plains and it being the crossroads of three continents leave it constantly vulnerable. As a result, Muslims will have a much, much more difficult time coming into their liberal period (e.g., you disagree with me, therefore I should respect that and not throw battery acid on you) than Christianity ever had or will.
The one hope for the Islamic world is communications and technology, and how they bend time and space, sometimes making geographical realities weaker.
Even so, I'm not so sure it's ever going to work. And Richard Dick Cheney's Great Invasion of the Middle East to enrich himself, his Halliburton partners, and their Iranian partners won't help matters either.
