Islam is a hybrid of Judaism + Christianity + Arabic Paganism; a copycat, knock-off, rip-off or plagiarized knocked-together collection of borrowed/stolen concepts plus its own fair share of hallucinations, foisted upon the gullible locals (Arabs) by a self-excusing, bloodthirsty pedophile and war-monger.
Replace the specific proper nouns with generics and you have a worthy definition of any of those religions.
But you know what, let's single one out and pretend it's "different". That way we need not inspect our own.
The Founder of Christianity (Jesus of Nazareth) preached peace and love and tolerance.
The Founder of Islam (Muhammed) preached war and bloody violence and oppression against Unbelievers, and against those who oppose Believers.
The former is a Religion of Peace.
The latter is a Warrior's Religion.
When Christianity has spawned warfare and violence, its leaders were doing so in direct violation of the precepts of their Founder.
When Islam has spawned warfare and violence, its leaders are doing so in direct compliance with the precepts of their Founder.
Huge phukking difference.
The basic or Core Teachings of Christianity supply a braking and self-correcting mechanism which always brings the philosophical wings back towards the center.
The basic or Core Teachings of Islam supply permissions and justifications for war and violence which serve as a perpetual breeding ground for fresh radicalisms.
Purveyors of faux equivalencies and those unable to distinguish these vast and all-important differences cannot be expected to agree with such distinctions.
If you can show us where
Jesus of Nazareth gave repeated permissions and justifications for war and if you can show us where
Jesus of Nazareth embarked upon campaigns of bloody conquest and if you can show us where
Jesus of Nazareth stormed Jewish citadels and slaughtered their chiefs then forcibly-married the widow of one of those chiefs on the evening of her husband's killing and if you can show us where
Jesus of Nazareth porked little girls, then, maybe, you've got a ballgame here.