That's not at all a central issue dividing islamism and Christianity.
Then please enlighten me and the board as to what main theological doctrine divides Christianity and Islam??
Thank You in advance.
Sure. My observation is that you accept the convert version of U.S. "circumcised" Islam because it appeals to a certain personality type.
As a convert having all the rights, privileges and protections offered by a secular society, converting to a totalitarian politico-religious ideology is safe because you are protected from having any real experience with Islamic middle eastern orthodoxy.
I think the most educated in Islam are often those who are the most extreme. As we have been shown in many published studies, the most dangerous Islamic terrorists are not the stereotypical "Islamic rage boy" types but educated men from middle / upper middle class upbringing. They are the ones who have studied beyond the handful of carefully culled, inocuous-sounding hadith, beyond the carefully packaged "travel brochure" version of Islam and are fashioning their lives according to the complete example of Muhammad (swish) and his companions in crime and totalitarianism.
From the time of Muhammad (swish), through centuries of caliphs and scholars, Islam has been a totalitarian political ideology wrapped in a veneer of religion. And it is utterly totalitarian. How you perform every aspect of your life including how you make love to your spouse, punish those who violate God's will, go to war, give to Islamic charity , eat, wash, borrow money, treat infidels, even how you go to the bathroom —in short, anything you may do in the course of being alive—is strictly regulated by islamist religious mandates. Life for the Muslim is a complex series of bizarre, OCD-like rituals that are commanded by muhammeds (swish) politico-religious ideology.
The point being Islam is not, and has never been, solely a personal and spiritual relationship with God as is Christianity. Islam has always carried with it political baggage and structure, and has always required "submission" of mind, body and will to. This is the undeniable message from the koran, sura, and all the centuries of scholarship.
Kindly take the above as an allowance to jihad the bejezzus out of my mail in-box with more derogatory name-calling. OK pumpkin?