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ELI5 - What does the Quran actually say about acts of terror against infidels?
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The thing with the Quran, like the Bible, is you can find peaceful parts that utterly condemn any violence and you can find angry parts that preach wars of conquest against nonbelievers. The holy texts don't have a coherent message all the way through. So it's hard to say what conclusions you would come to if you just went by the book, without any outside interpretations or teachings.

Why is Jewish and Christian militant extremism less common? They're older for one thing, they've mellowed out over the centuries. Christianity is about 600 years older than Islam, and if you look at how extreme and violent Christianity was 600 years ago, it's not a pretty sight. Also they're mostly followed by people in more secular countries, where religion plays a more minor role in society. And they're followed by people in richer, freer countries. Jews and Christians live better lives, they don't have as much to be angry about. Muslims in much of the world live under dictatorial regimes, aggressive wars waged by the US and Israel, and they're treated unfairly even when they emigrate to Europe or the United States. This unfair treatment breeds anger and sometimes it causes people to retreat to religion and they become religious fundamentalists and some small minority of religious fundamentalists will become violent people who want to attack others in the name of their religion.