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Neither Christians nor Jews can claim that their religion has always been innocuous. What Srdja Trifkovic argues in The Sword of the
Prophet, however, is that the raw stuff from which Islam is made is particularly dangerous and unpromising, that the bellicose tradition is
worse than admitted by the influential Islamic Studies lobby, that the present threat from Islam is alarming, and that the future demands
the vigilance of non-Muslims. In doing so, he challenges the opinion that all religions are somehow equally valid (or invalid). All theocracy,
equipped with a scriptural license for violence, is dangerous, and Islam is--and has been, almost continuously--more theocratic than rival
religions. The men and women born into this religion may deserve our sympathy, but they are not aided by a blanket respect for Islam.
The assumption that there is no such thing as false religion is not a concession that Muslims would make.