What irks me most about the major religions is their inherent misogyny.
Things may be slowly changing, but most of them put women at a very low position in their order of things.
This is particularly so in my husband's religion of Islam. But reading the Bible (especially the Old Testament) one would conclude that women were of little or no importance at all, and were there to be controlled and used.
I also abhor the homophobia which is still seen as relevant in many belief systems.
When abuse takes place, it is often with a sense of entitlement, dominance and superiority (for example, the Rochdale Muslims' abuse of white girls, whom they saw as mere kafirs) Very dangerous...