M, I agree to the extent that it is misguided to blindly follow any faith. I do not agree that it is more misguided to blindly follow one more than another. I do not believe, however, that most Moslems, certain most British Moslems that I know, blindly follow any more than I believe in one holy Catholic and apostolic church!

While I may agree that the teachings you are quoting are distinctly out of place in today's world I do not believe that the majority of people follow those teachings. In fact, like us westerners, they have become very selective in the teachings they do follow. As I said earlier - People are not their religion.

Oddly enough I was in mny barbers earlier - The Moslem one I mentioned, on Leeds Old Road in Bradford. They had an Imam on TV and while I could not understand a word he said his manner and the large background proclainging "Peace"