Hmmmm… Those quotes from the Quran about war.. I wonder what the original Arabic word was and if there is some subtlety lost in the translation.
I have no doubt the Quran has passages on killing infedels.
Like the bible has similar, the bible is not gospel you know it is The handbook on how to control a nation who have had the fear of god put into them. Which should be used by selecting the chapter and verse which best suits your designs on a nation on any given day. Written by a bunch of clever people who have pulled a right flanker.
I think I read once that if you bought a copy of every Sunday paper complete with supplements and spent the weekend reading them all from cover to cover , you would have taken in more information that weekend than an average fourteenth century person did in there lifetime.
So how hard was to pull the wool over peoples eyes before that.
I believe some ones religion should be between them and god , to be practised at home or amongst similar minded people. But should never impact on anyone else who chooses not to believe your beliefs.