Aim to be a good person with kindness towards others, sensible fiscal policies and in general well-rounded. You can then cast aside the crutch of religion.
Many people in the West do not like Islam because we are at war with Islamic countries. Just today Muslims were on the street heckling our soldiers fighting in Afghanistan.
What's more Sharia law runs contrary to common sense, stoning a woman for adultery when she was raped?! What's more if you die a virgin you will be raped in the afterlife.
Why we fight:
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