Just an opinion. If a person were to speak up (louder than ISIS and other violent groups) for Islam and its true love of peace, and gain support for speaking up, then the public eye may view the religion in a better light. If there is already someone like this out there, please let me know. I am not Muslim, but I do support those who are Muslim. [spoiler]sorry for the religion post, just happened to be on my mind.[/spoiler]
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The issue is that the religion is not as peaceful as any other major religion. People are people. There are violent members of every religion. But Islam is unique among current major religions in that its scriptures quite literally call for conversion or slaughter of non-believers. So any figure like you are proposing (and there are many clerics with this approach) would be obviously practicing selective reading.