I think your understanding of Islam is very skewed. on the contrary to what you said, Islam is open to differences of opinion. From very early on its scholars differed on many matters. I think we can all agree on some basic fundamentals though- not to kill (Islam is against this), not to oppress (Islam is against this), giving in charity and feeding the poor (Islam mandates this). Unfortunately we now live in a world where religion is being demonised by the media and many people are believing the media. Did you know that it is mandatory in Islam for each Muslim to give 2.5% of their wealth every year to charity? Imagine if every person on earth did that. Did you know that Muslims live and believe in Jesus, Moses, Isaac, Abraham etc? Did you know that it is mandatory in Islam for a husband to pay for all of his wife's basic needs such as food, clothes and rent? Did you know that a Muslim is not allowed to talk behind someone else's back? Did you know that in Islam a neighbour has rights? Did you know that animals and trees have rights? Did you know that interest is completely not allowed? Imagine a world with no interest rates? Imagine a world with no high mortgages or unfair bank loans? It is often easy to focus on what you think is negative about something and ignore the good. To be a critical and intelligent thinker one must weigh up both the "good" and the "bad" before making ones mind up. And at the end of the day, the most important thing I think is that we all just get along! If I like vanilla ice cream and you like chocolate does that mean we can't get along?! We should love and learn from our differences! Variety is the spice of life after all! :-)