Congratulations. You've just discovered the world's most visually annoying video.

Well, the information is right on. People who defend Islam as if it's just just another flavor of belief -- as if it's strawberry to Christianity's chocolate -- need to know this stuff.

I would try just listening without looking at it, but unfortunately, I need the words because the accent is thick enough to cut with a chainsaw!

I take issue with the characterization of domestic violence as a "minor dispute." (Around 4:40) And I would consider it a major issue if Sharia was actually influencing cases involving domestic violence. Sharia permits husbands to hit their wives. And a wife who hits her husband would undoubtedly be put to death, although I couldn't cite the chapter and verse.

Yeah, there's gotta be some Mac program that generates those graphics because they crop up so frequently in videos like this one.

And I'm biased and probably wrong, but it really screams Mactard.

There's one problem with this video. There's a classic instance of "poisoning the well." It claims (and it be 100% true) that Muslims have been given permission, even encouragement, to lie to Westerners, when it advances Sharia.

So, basically, you can never believe anything a Muslim tells you. Even if they maintain an appearance of friendship, that could be seen as an act performed in order to gain our trust for the purpose of advancing Sharia. So, no Muslim is ever to be trusted by anyone, ever, for any reason.

Well, I have a reason. The Muslims on my Facebook I've known since high school and they are my friends. I don't believe they have any intention of subverting the U.S. government, forcing me to convert to Islam or killing me if I don't.

Amy, have you seen this excerpt from a book called The Evolution of God? It talks about the sword verse of the Koran and attempts to give some context (like the immediately preceding and subsequent sentences):

http://evolutionofgod.net/swordverse

I'm curious to hear what you think of it.

No, Patrick, the fact that you know good honest Muslims doesn't mean that Islam doesn't preach that lying in order to promote or protect Islam is okay. It means that either your friends aren't observing that particular teaching, perhaps that their sect doesn't teach it, or that your friends aren't talking to you about Islam.

I really, really hate that sort of argument, when one tries judging what a given religion does or doesn't teach by what one's own friends and neighbors observe instead of the actual seriously-you-can-check-it-yourself sermons, holy books, etc. We all know of a Catholic who practices contraception, or a Mormon who drinks or a Muslim who sneaks some bacon every now and then. It doesn't mean a darn thing about what the religion actually teaches.

Jenny: No, Patrick, the fact that you know good honest Muslims doesn't mean that Islam doesn't preach that lying in order to promote or protect Islam is okay.

I never said it didn't. Kindly learn to read. You pathologically-inferring types are beginning to bore me.